Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757476AbYHSVQP (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:16:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751958AbYHSVP5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:15:57 -0400 Received: from relay.2ka.mipt.ru ([194.85.80.65]:49900 "EHLO 2ka.mipt.ru" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751928AbYHSVP4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:15:56 -0400 Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:15:14 +0400 From: Evgeniy Polyakov To: Linus Torvalds Cc: David Miller , akpm@linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT]: Networking Message-ID: <20080819211514.GA28510@2ka.mipt.ru> References: <20080819.041706.261399060.davem@davemloft.net> <20080819.131454.223684377.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 925 Lines: 22 On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 01:47:59PM -0700, Linus Torvalds (torvalds@linux-foundation.org) wrote: > I really don't see the e1000 and netxen updates as being critical either. > Sure, they look like driver improvement, but "improvement" is not what the > -rc3+ series is about. Netxen driver update contains bug fixes (leak and races) and hardware workaround. Well, it has driver version bump either, I agress, that one was an error. E1000 contains number of regression fixes and performance improvement via module parameter change. > Same goes for all the loopback changes. They look like cleanups or feature > enables. It fixes performance regression. -- Evgeniy Polyakov -- 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/