netdev - Re: pull request: wireless-2.6 2008-08-04

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Date:	Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:45:38 -0700
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com>
To:	"Marcel Holtmann" <marcel@...tmann.org>
Cc:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: pull request: wireless-2.6 2008-08-04

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
>> > > > > Luis R. Rodriguez (4):
>> > > > >       list.h: Add list_splice_tail() and list_splice_tail_init()
>> > > > >       list.h: add list_cut_position()
>> > > >
>> > > > have these two changes got reviewed on LKML? I don't see any ACKs for it
>> > > > in the commit message.
>> > >
>> > > Hmmm...no.  I thought the original patches had been copied to
>> > > linux-kernel, but it looks like that is not the case.
>> > >
>> > > The original patches are archived here:
>> > >
>> > >   http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121783421908441&w=2
>> > >
>> > >   http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121783422008445&w=2
>> > >
>> > > What problems do you see with them?
>> >
>> > I don't see a problem with these patches, but they should at least be
>> > reviewed on LKML once. Changes to core kernel infrastructure should not
>> > be merged silently via subsystem trees without any kind of ACKs.
>>
>> Yes, fine.  That wasn't my intent. :-)  The patches were originally
>> posted about two weeks ago, too bad that didn't actually go to
>> linux-kernel. :-(
>
> just post them to LKML (or let Luis do it) so they get reviewed. I
> really don't see an issue with them, but that is only me.

I'll repost those specific patches and add lkml.

  Luis
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