netdev - Re: Patch is wrong

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Date:	Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:19:48 +0800
From:	Michael Wang <wangyun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Amos Kong <kongjianjun@...il.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxram@...ibm.com, fbl@...hat.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	jesse.brandeburg@...el.com
Subject: Re: Patch is wrong

On 12/06/2011 04:11 PM, Amos Kong wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 1:25 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net
> <mailto:davem@...emloft.net>> wrote:
> 
>     From: Michael Wang <wangyun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
>     <mailto:wangyun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>>
>     Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:11:47 +0800
> 
>     > I know it will cost you many works, but I still have to ask you to
>     > replace this patch, because this will become a mistake in Linux, which
>     > will make me sad each time I saw it on git log.
> 
>     It is simply not possible without screwing over every single person
>     who follows my tree.
> 
>     If I go in and pull out the change, then everyone who follows my
>     tree will have a corrupt tree.
> 
>     Sorry, mistakes happen, and once they are pushed out to GIT trees
>     used by lots of people we have to live with it.
> 
> 
> Send a patch to revert it and re-send a new one with right Author??
> Do you think it's meaningless ;-)
> 

Hi, Amos

Thanks for your suggestion, but I don't want to focus on it any more,
that will cause other's trouble.

So I will try to forgot it as soon as possible :)

Regards,
Michael Wang

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