From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753388AbYIPIkH (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:40:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752419AbYIPIjw (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:39:52 -0400 Received: from smtp5.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.39]:44399 "EHLO smtp5.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752391AbYIPIjv (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:39:51 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:39:34 +0300 From: Adrian Bunk To: David Miller Cc: tsbogend@alpha.franken.de, jeff@garzik.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [git patches] net driver fixes Message-ID: <20080916083934.GA7397@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> References: <20080915204543.GD3994@havoc.gtf.org> <20080915.141442.139271313.davem@davemloft.net> <20080915215307.GA10340@alpha.franken.de> <20080915.151125.93659986.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080915.151125.93659986.davem@davemloft.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 03:11:25PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: tsbogend@alpha.franken.de (Thomas Bogendoerfer) > Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:53:08 +0200 > > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 02:14:42PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > > > Most of those changes were complete and utter CRAP. > > > > thank you, but the fix I've sent (de2104x) isn't crap. The bug breaks the > > current debian-installer for Cobalt Qube1, when it tries to get an > > IP address via dhcp. > > And why is this bug that has been there for YEARS is appropriate > to fix outside of the merge window? >... Such a fix is even suitable for -stable. If something is considered suitable for -stable, but not for -rc with one month to go before the release of the kernel, then there's something wrong in the process. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed