From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] NetXen: Make driver use multiple PCI functions Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:01:02 -0400 Message-ID: <462E45DE.5030702@garzik.org> References: <200704201451.l3KEpGsF004449@dut39.unminc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, amitkale@netxen.com, netxenproj@linsyssoft.com, rob@netxen.com To: Mithlesh Thukral Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:40298 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422957AbXDXSBE (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:01:04 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200704201451.l3KEpGsF004449@dut39.unminc.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Mithlesh Thukral wrote: > hi All, > > Thanks Stephen for your suggestion. I am resending the 7 patches > after incorporating the suggestion. > These patches are with respect to netdev#upstream and we wish their inclusion > in 2.6.22 kernel. > > Out of these the first 2 patches were already accepted into the netdev tree, > but we have requested them to be dropped. So we are resending those 2. > Please see the following thread for more details : > http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg26805.html So what does that mean? If the patches were accepted, then you must send further patches cumulative to what is currently in the tree. If it is already accepted, you cannot "drop" a patch. Jeff