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Date:	Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:32:48 -0800
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Kurt Van Dijck <kurt.van.dijck@....be>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH v2] allow access to sysfs_groups member

Kurt Van Dijck <kurt.van.dijck@....be> writes:

> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 05:11:45PM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> Kurt Van Dijck <kurt.van.dijck@....be> writes:
>> 
>> > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 01:08:59PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Unfortunately, the code in this function is much different
>> >> in net-next-2.6 which is where I want to add this, and your
>> >> patch doesn't apply.
>> >> 
>> >> Please rebase your patch on that tree, thank you.
>> > As I mentioned, I'm not experienced with using git yet.
>> > Is there a fine manual I can inspect? I get lost in the man-pages.
>> 
>> git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git
>> 
>> Should get you started.
> $ git pull git://git.kernel.... master
> did the job today. It took me a while

An incremental  pull typically much faster than the initial one.

>> In this case please look at how I modified the bonding driver to do
>> what you are trying to do.  That is the conflict in net-next and
>> I think it was actually less code.

> It _is_ less code (does a little less too :-) ).
> It solves the problem anyway. I'll stop with my patch.

You were just worried about CAN devices and not all network devices
correct?

Eric
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