linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18-rc7-mm1: networking breakage on HPC nx6325 + SUSE 10.1

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Date:	Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:06:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	rjw@...k.pl
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, greg@...ah.com
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc7-mm1: networking breakage on HPC nx6325 + SUSE 10.1

From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:06:52 +0200

> I _guess_ the problem is caused by
> gregkh-driver-network-class_device-to-device.patch, but I can't verify this,
> because the kernel (obviously) doesn't compile if I revert it.

Indeed.

I thought we threw this patch out because we knew it would cause
problems for existing systems?  I do remember Greg making an argument
as to why we needed the change, but that doesn't make breaking people's
systems legitimate in any way.

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