netdev - Re: [PATCH] synopsys: remove dwc_eth

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Date:   Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:03:35 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com
Cc:     lars.persson@...s.com, niklass@...s.com, peppe.cavallaro@...com,
        alexandre.torgue@...com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] synopsys: remove dwc_eth_qos driver

From: Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:54:39 +0000

> I know that changing what is working properly is a risk, I totally understand,
> and if I was a top maintainer I would have the same concern

I'm not saying you risk breaking anything.

I'm saying you will make backporting bug fixes to older releases for
me and every distribution maintainer unreasonably difficult.