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From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc:     "Johannes Berg" <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] appletalk: make localtalk and ppp support
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Date:   Sat, 14 Oct 2023 08:00:51 +0300
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        "Fri, 13 Oct 2023 17:07:32 -0700")
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Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> writes:

> On Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:57:38 +0200 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> The .ndo_do_ioctl() netdev operation used to be how one communicates
>> with a network driver from userspace, but since my previous cleanup [1],
>> it is purely internal to the kernel.
>> 
>> Removing the cops appletalk/localtalk driver made me revisit the
>> missing pieces from that older series, removing all the unused
>> implementations in wireless drivers as well as the two kernel-internal
>> callers in the ieee802154 and appletalk stacks.
>> 
>> One ethernet driver was already merged in the meantime that should
>> have used .ndo_eth_ioctl instead of .ndo_do_ioctl, so fix that as well.
>> With the complete removal, any future drivers making this mistake
>> cause build failures that are easier to spot.
>> 
>> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20201106221743.3271965-1-arnd@kernel.org/
>
> Kalle, Johannes, do these apply for you?
> I'm getting a small conflict on patch 8 and bigger one on patch 9.

Yes, 'git am -3' was able to solve the conflicts automatically and these
do apply to wireless-next.

> If this applies for you maybe you can take it and flush out
> wireless-next soon after?

Ok, we'll do that. Does next Wednesday sound soon enough? :)

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