Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S970359AbXEHXlV (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 19:41:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S968060AbXEHXlM (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 19:41:12 -0400 Received: from kanga.kvack.org ([66.96.29.28]:49693 "EHLO kanga.kvack.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S967979AbXEHXlL (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 19:41:11 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 20:41:18 -0300 From: Marcelo Tosatti To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Dan Williams , David Miller , penberg@cs.helsinki.fi, linville@tuxdriver.com, hch@infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, marcelo@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: Please pull 'revert-libertas' branch of wireless-2.6 Message-ID: <20070508234118.GA3472@dmt> References: <20070507141143.GB5125@tuxdriver.com> <463F443A.5000306@garzik.org> <84144f020705080247v74ebcd26y27c2f1e61529b215@mail.gmail.com> <20070508.132737.104034594.davem@davemloft.net> <4640E3BF.8080401@garzik.org> <1178659763.14888.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4640FC76.4090908@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4640FC76.4090908@garzik.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1296 Lines: 29 On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 06:40:54PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Dan Williams wrote: > >I'll audit the list of ioctls and remove ones that may be objectionable, > >and we'll go back through them after 2.6.22 and add back in ones that > >are actually required. Keep the API/ABI small and expand if necessary. > >What's the timeframe required here? Linville said a few days at the > >most. > > Ideally, before 2.6.22-rc1. No set date, but generally it's a week or > two after merge window opens. > > But even if you miss -rc1, we MUST get in the ioctl removal before > 2.6.22 release. This is certainly exception to the "nothing but bug > fixes" rule -- or perhaps it is following the rule, if you consider the > ioctls' existence a bug :) > > Getting the CodingStyle fixes in before 2.6.22-rc1 would be nice, but, > as I noted, lower priority than serious stuff like ioctl consideration. There is also a bunch of updates pending. I'm sending them over this week. Dan: I'll be sending everything thats currently in our tree but not mainline. - 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/