To: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, vserver@list.linux-vserver.org,
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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 17/20] usb: Fixup usb so it works with pspaces.
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From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 13:53:48 -0700
In-Reply-To: <20060206204121.GM11887@sergelap.austin.ibm.com> (Serge E.
 Hallyn's message of "Mon, 6 Feb 2006 14:41:21 -0600")
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"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com> writes:

> Quoting Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@xmission.com):
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
>
> Just how many of these patches would have been unnecessary given your
> tref patchset?

As far as the amount of work.  It is six of one half a dozen of the
other.  This current implementation changes the logic of the code
least which I really like for maintainability.

Small bit sized chunks.

But one piece can be replaced by the other easily, the patches
are not contradictory.

Eric

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