linux-kernel - Re: Spammed logs again rt2500pci 2.6.25-rc6-00268-gd2532dd

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Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:08:48 +0100
From:	Alejandro Riveira Fernández 
	<ariveira@...il.com>
To:	Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, rt2400-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Spammed logs again rt2500pci 2.6.25-rc6-00268-gd2532dd

El Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:41:22 +0100
Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@...il.com> escribió:

> Hi,
> 
> >  Linux Varda 2.6.25-rc6-00268-gd2532dd #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 24 14:44:13 CET
> > 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > 
> > 
> >  As the last time the thing is triggered with a p2p app making a lot of
> >  connections deluge
> >  
> >  My logs are spammed with the same msgs as other reports.
> >  If you need more info just ask.
> 
> This issue has been resolved for 2.6.26. The fix for this bug is of such a scale
> that it could not easily be merged for 2.6.25.
> 
> >  PS: i will not bother to make a report in the web forums becouse the last time
> > i was ignored.
> 
> You mean http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB2/index.php?
> 'ignored' is not the right word, more likely overlooked.

 Fair enough; english is not my mother tongue so maybe i sounded
harsher than intended. If that's the case my apologies

> There are quite a lot of messages and I don't always have time to answer them all.
> So there is no need to be upset about such thing, simply posting a reminder is usually
> enough to make it noticed by me...
> 
> > (Someone may want to change the web forums pointer in the logs to 
> > the linux-wireless mailing list)
> 
> What pointer? And rt2400-devel is the mailinglist for rt2x00...
> The MAINTAINERS file in the kernel tree indicates 2 mailinglists for rt2x00:
> 	rt2400-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
> 	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org

 Well my opinion is that instead of the webpage the mailing list should be the
one being logged. Something like this (maybe use another define becouse
DRV_PROJECT may be used elsewhere i havn't checked):

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h index 6c72542..2791f67 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
  * Module information.
  */
 #define DRV_VERSION	"2.0.14"
-#define DRV_PROJECT	"http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com"
+#define DRV_PROJECT	"<rt2400-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>"
 
 /*
  * Debug definitions.



> 
> Ivo

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