Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 20:41:18 -0300
From: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@kvack.org>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	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
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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.