From: "Rémi Denis-Courmont" <remi@remlab.net>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] Phonet: advise against enabling the pipe controller
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 13:20:36 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201010091320.36351.remi@remlab.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101008.141730.258104062.davem@davemloft.net>
Le samedi 9 octobre 2010 00:17:30 David Miller, vous avez écrit :
> From: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi@remlab.net>
> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 17:02:01 +0300
>
> > From: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com>
> >
> > As it currently is, the new code path is not compatible with existing
> > Nokia modems. This would break existing userspace for Nokia modem, such
> > as the existing oFono ISI driver.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com>
>
> This really needs to be designed such that it can co-exist with current
> userland technology.
Yeah, don't tell me. This kinda static option works for Linux kernel on an
embedded device like my employer. But it does not fly on the desktop.
This big patch came as a surprise, so did its merging. I don't when it can be
improved.
--
Rémi Denis-Courmont
http://www.remlab.net/
http://fi.linkedin.com/in/remidenis
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-09 10:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-08 14:02 [PATCH 1/4] Phonet: add to MAINTAINERS and add myself Rémi Denis-Courmont
2010-10-08 14:02 ` [PATCH 2/4] Phonet: advise against enabling the pipe controller Rémi Denis-Courmont
2010-10-08 14:02 ` [PATCH 3/4] Phonet: cleanup pipe enable socket option Rémi Denis-Courmont
2010-10-08 14:02 ` [PATCH 4/4] Phonet: mark the pipe controller as EXPERIMENTAL Rémi Denis-Courmont
2010-10-08 21:17 ` David Miller
2010-10-11 7:09 ` Kumar SANGHVI
2010-10-11 8:24 ` Rémi Denis-Courmont
2010-10-08 21:17 ` [PATCH 3/4] Phonet: cleanup pipe enable socket option David Miller
2010-10-11 6:50 ` Kumar SANGHVI
2010-10-08 21:17 ` [PATCH 2/4] Phonet: advise against enabling the pipe controller David Miller
2010-10-09 10:20 ` Rémi Denis-Courmont [this message]
2010-10-11 6:49 ` Kumar SANGHVI
2010-10-08 21:17 ` [PATCH 1/4] Phonet: add to MAINTAINERS and add myself David Miller
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