Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964945Ab3FSWs5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:48:57 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:45698 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935028Ab3FSWs4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:48:56 -0400 Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:48:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20130619.154853.2105911759808459657.davem@davemloft.net> To: steve.moorby@ntlworld.com Cc: jiri@resnulli.us, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] drivers/net: param for lapbether for specific ethernet device From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <51C21253.2070308@ntlworld.com> References: <1371655613-31969-1-git-send-email-steve.moorby@ntlworld.com> <20130619.121802.2112053686285060471.davem@davemloft.net> <51C21253.2070308@ntlworld.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.5 on Emacs 24.1 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 719 Lines: 15 From: Stephen Moorby Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:19:31 +0100 > I will be using an Ubuntu 10.04 kernel with the 'eth_dev' module > parameter patch. I appreciate a better solution needs to be designed > but it is not one I can contribute to. I still advocate the patch as > an improvement on the current non functional situation. We don't put poorly designed changes into the tree simply because a properly implemented version doesn't exist yet. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/