Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755941AbYBYGyj (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:54:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753502AbYBYGyb (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:54:31 -0500 Received: from courier.cs.helsinki.fi ([128.214.9.1]:40042 "EHLO mail.cs.helsinki.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752312AbYBYGya (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:54:30 -0500 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:54:28 +0200 (EET) From: Pekka J Enberg To: Greg KH cc: Michael Buesch , Alexey Zaytsev , Ingo Molnar , Alexey Zaytsev , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: bcm43xx regression in 2.6.24 (with patch) In-Reply-To: <20080225064935.GA20997@kroah.com> Message-ID: References: <47BEAF3B.3080809@protei.ru> <200802241529.50967.mb@bu3sch.de> <200802241816.01784.mb@bu3sch.de> <20080225064935.GA20997@kroah.com> 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: 738 Lines: 18 Hi Greg, On Sun, 24 Feb 2008, Greg KH wrote: > > Lets make this simple: it used to work before and now it doesn't. > > Therefore it's a regression that must be addressed. Period. > > Isn't the resolution Michael is suggesting is, "use the different driver"? Alexey said it didn't work but even if it did, we don't let old drivers _regress_ as long as they're in the tree. There are plenty of precedents here so I don't see why this particular Broadcom driver is any different. Pekka -- 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/