netdev - Re: Fixed PHY regression

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Date:	Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:56:34 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Fixed PHY regression

David Miller wrote:
> From: "Joakim Tjernlund" <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se>
> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 20:17:33 +0200
> 
>> David, any chance the second item, Oops while modprobing phy fixed module, in
>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119178673421891&w=2
>> will make it into 2.6.23? 
>>
>> The fix is now in your tree,
>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/bak-net-2.6.24.git;a=commit;h=bbb4c0c35a4c2aed5e025b668c8dfc99c5b74cff
>>
>> It has been in Andrews tree for a while, then in Garzik and now it is in your tree.
> 
> Jeff, any reason you didn't submit this one for 2.6.23?

Two reasons:
* despite the subject, after discussion it looked like a problem with 
module release, making "build it into your kernel" a valid workaround
* the fix was quite invasive this late in the game

If people still think it should go for 2.6.23, that's cool with me.

	Jeff


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