Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754716Ab2HXFey (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:34:54 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:61240 "EHLO mail-pb0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751218Ab2HXFew (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:34:52 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <1345480949-14800-1-git-send-email-cjren@qca.qualcomm.com> <20120822.225700.714020017287504609.davem@davemloft.net> <157393863283F442885425D2C45428562A4F5169@nasanexd02f.na.qualcomm.com> <1345756142.2579.16.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.solarflarecom.com> <157393863283F442885425D2C45428562A4F54E3@nasanexd02f.na.qualcomm.com> <1345774184.2579.51.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.solarflarecom.com> <157393863283F442885425D2C45428562A4F5546@nasanexd02f.na.qualcomm.com> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:34:30 +0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 56wi9rm0mitGQElkLLiDKgH7ZrA Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: add new QCA alx ethernet driver To: "Huang, Xiong" Cc: Ben Hutchings , David Miller , "Ren, Cloud" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , qca-linux-team , nic-devel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 919 Lines: 20 On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > It would be useful for you to describe the exact functionality, > perhaps in a separate thread or maybe even just RFC patches which you > have to be simply ready for may just be just that -- RFC patches which > we flush down the v2 toilet. A simple strategy for you is for you to remove this code (if present) for now and then throw into a crap/ patch [0] under compat-drivers but with an objective of eventually going through the RFC stages to get this properly merged upstream. [0] https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Documentation/compat-drivers/additional-patches Luis -- 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/