From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753567AbYICX0X (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:26:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752330AbYICX0L (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:26:11 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:53776 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751760AbYICX0K (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:26:10 -0400 Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:26:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20080903.162603.27086959.davem@davemloft.net> To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: 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 From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: <20080903.161341.239039051.davem@davemloft.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.1 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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.