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SubjectRe: [RFC net-next 00/28] ndo_ioctl rework
On Fri,  6 Nov 2020 23:17:15 +0100 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Any suggestions on how to proceed? I think the ndo_siocdevprivate
> change is the most interesting here, and I would like to get
> that merged.

Splitting out / eliminating ioctl pass-thry in general seems like
a nice clean up. How did you get the ndo_eth_ioctl patch done, was
it manual work?

> For the wireless drivers, removing the old drivers
> instead of just the dead code might be an alternative, depending
> on whether anyone thinks there might still be users.

Dunno if you want to dig into removal with a series like this,
anything using ioctls will be pretty old (with the exception
of what you separated into ndo_eth_ioctl). You may get bogged
down.

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