Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:45:07 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/8] r8169: Remove firmware code | From | David Miller <> |
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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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