Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751476AbWBLWDn (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:03:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751478AbWBLWDn (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:03:43 -0500 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:45231 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751476AbWBLWDm (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:03:42 -0500 Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] CONFIG_FORCEDETH updates From: Lee Revell To: Adrian Bunk Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20060212175202.GK30922@stusta.de> References: <20060212175202.GK30922@stusta.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:03:36 -0500 Message-Id: <1139781817.19342.300.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.90 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 805 Lines: 19 On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 18:52 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > This patch contains the following possible updates: > - let FORCEDETH no longer depend on EXPERIMENTAL > - remove the "Reverse Engineered" from the option text: > for the user it's important which hardware the driver supports, not > how it was developed Is this driver as stable as one that was developed with proper documentation? I prefer to know that something as elementary as a fast ethernet controller had to be reverse engineered so I can avoid supporting a vendor so hostile to Linux. Lee - 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/