From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Wu Subject: Re: Network drivers that don't suspend on interface down Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:57:05 -0500 Message-ID: <200612202057.09545.flamingice@sourmilk.net> References: <20061219185223.GA13256@srcf.ucam.org> <1166638371.2798.26.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20061221011526.GB32625@srcf.ucam.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart12965929.GjvsYcSQMa"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Dan Williams , Jiri Benc , Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp.rutgers.edu ([128.6.72.243]:58738 "EHLO annwn14.rutgers.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161134AbWLUB53 (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:57:29 -0500 To: Matthew Garrett In-Reply-To: <20061221011526.GB32625@srcf.ucam.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org --nextPart12965929.GjvsYcSQMa Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 20 December 2006 20:15, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Because it works on the common hardware? If there's documentation about > what userspace can legitimately expect, then I'm happy to defer to that. > But in the absence of any indication as to what functionality users can > depend on, deciding that existing functionality is a bug is, well, > impolite. > No, it's absolutely a bug. It just so happens that some drivers incorrectly= =20 allowed it. =2DMichael Wu --nextPart12965929.GjvsYcSQMa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFien1T3Oqt9AH4aERAidHAKCekXO7SiOHvqXnZRyoRABKTiXnkgCfeI2g rgqrbYoK7HmyZ7V0cmoEPT0= =swlF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart12965929.GjvsYcSQMa--