Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:35599 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752326AbYIDJfl (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2008 05:35:41 -0400 Message-ID: <48BFABE0.6050505@garzik.org> (sfid-20080904_113547_630468_4A4BA54C) Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:35:28 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Ayaz Abdulla CC: David Miller , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, tomasw@gmail.com, yi.zhu@intel.com, linville@tuxdriver.com Subject: Re: [GIT]: Networking References: <20080903.161341.239039051.davem@davemloft.net> <20080903.162603.27086959.davem@davemloft.net> <200809041025.15277.rjw@sisk.pl> In-Reply-To: <200809041025.15277.rjw@sisk.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Thursday, 4 of September 2008, David Miller wrote: >> From: Linus Torvalds >> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:24:16 -0700 (PDT) >> >>> On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote: >>>> What's so hard to understand about this? >>> Here's a simple rule of thumb: >>> - if it's not on the regression list >>> - if it's not a reported security hole >>> - if it's not on the reported oopses list >>> then why are people sending it to me? >>> >>> IOW, if it's just another random improvement, and you send it to me >>> outside of the merge window, then what is the point of the merge window? >> This is exactly what I've been trying to tell the Intel wireless folks >> but they refuse to listen. >> >> I just won't take their stuff until they get their act in gear. >> >> No problem. > > BTW, there are two regression fixes for forcedeth: > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121894389018584&w=4 > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121917167232014&w=4 > > that fix the regressions tracked as: > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11358 > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11361 > > respectively and both are more than 2 weeks old now. > > Is there any chance to push them upstream or is there anything wrong with them? Your patch is fine. Since DaveM and I are gone this weekend, feel free to add "acked-by: jgarzik@redhat" and forward upstream to Linus and Andrew. I thought there was some discussion about Yinghai Lu's MAC addr patch, though. I'll look into it Monday, but maybe Ayaz (maintainer @ nv) could ack it sooner than that? Jeff