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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/8] r8169: Remove firmware code
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From: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 01:42:29 +0200

> David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> :
> [...]
>> If so, should I just apply this series as-is ?
>
> Yes.
>
> - the series is imho -stable unfriendly: whoever wants to figure what
> should be fed into a -stable branch will have a hard time. :o/
> - the driver could had been more careful about firmware version/magic
> checks and firmware opcodes recycling. It's a bit late. It won't
> necessarily hurt.
> - there is a whole release cycle ahead to find problems - if any - due
> to the hw_start flow change. It seems sane.
> - the relative amount of binary like cruft is going down.
>
> I am not overflowed with enthusiasm but the gain should exceed the pain.

All applied to net-next, thanks!


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