Return-path: Received: from mail-wy0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:62801 "EHLO mail-wy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751604Ab0FBIrp (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jun 2010 04:47:45 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: sedat.dilek@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <1275409361.2091.27208.camel@rchatre-DESK> References: <20100528180952.GC2405@tuxdriver.com> <1275409361.2091.27208.camel@rchatre-DESK> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 10:42:02 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: pull request: wireless-2.6 2010-05-28 From: Sedat Dilek To: reinette chatre Cc: "John W. Linville" , "davem@davemloft.net" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "Zheng, Jiajia" , "Kolekar, Abhijeet" , "Berg, Johannes" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 6:22 PM, reinette chatre wrote: > Hi Sedat, > > On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 06:34 -0700, Sedat Dilek wrote: >> Two people confirmed the patch in [2] fixes: >> 1. iwlwifi-2.6 GIT master (commit f10a237c95abd6d64a3a24553bd1d3bcddd9108b) >> 2. compat-wireless (2010-05-21) >> >> And it fixes also the above mentionned combination. > > We are working on getting this patch upstream. The version tested > contains a significant amount of duplicated code as well as some cleanup > code mixed in. It is thus not appropriate for an upstream submission at > this time. > What do you mean by "upstream"? upstream for me is Linus-tree (linux-2.6 GIT master). Patches against iwlwifi-2.6 GIT trees are not very helpful in my case. >> As a suggestion: >> What about "copying" bug-reports (incl. its history) from IWL-BTS into >> linux-wireless ML? >> For example (dri-devel related) bug-reports from >> bugzilla.freedesktop.org are "copied" into dri-devel ML. > > Pointing people to the bug report seems to work ok. What benefit does > the above have? > [+] People - not subscribed to the BR - can follow "on change". [-] Blow up linux-wireless ML? - Sedat -