From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: [PATCH] ieee80211softmac: Fix errors related to the work_struct changes Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:49:04 -0500 Message-ID: <20061211214858.GA3415@tuxdriver.com> References: <20061210173908.GB29871@p15091797.pureserver.info> <457CDD7B.8080207@lwfinger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Johannes Berg , dsd@gentoo.org, Broadcom Linux Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:3236 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1763154AbWLKWMZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:12:25 -0500 To: Larry Finger Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <457CDD7B.8080207@lwfinger.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 10:24:27PM -0600, Larry Finger wrote: > I thought that when someone _BROKE_ an interface with this kind of change, > it was their duty to fix _ALL_ parts of the system that uses this facility. > At a minimum, shouldn't all maintainers get a heads up? I don't subscribe > to LKML, but I peruse the summary and I certainly do not recall seeing a > warning that this change was coming. FWIW, there was some coverage on LWN. -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com