linux-kernel - Re: Please pull 'revert-libertas' branch of wireless-2.6

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Date:	Tue, 08 May 2007 21:27:00 -0400
From:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
To:	Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@...ck.org>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	penberg@...helsinki.fi, linville@...driver.com, hch@...radead.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: Please pull 'revert-libertas' branch of wireless-2.6

On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 20:41 -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 06:40:54PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > Dan Williams wrote:
> > >I'll audit the list of ioctls and remove ones that may be objectionable,
> > >and we'll go back through them after 2.6.22 and add back in ones that
> > >are actually required.  Keep the API/ABI small and expand if necessary.
> > >What's the timeframe required here?  Linville said a few days at the
> > >most.
> > 
> > Ideally, before 2.6.22-rc1.  No set date, but generally it's a week or 
> > two after merge window opens.
> > 
> > But even if you miss -rc1, we MUST get in the ioctl removal before 
> > 2.6.22 release.  This is certainly exception to the "nothing but bug 
> > fixes" rule -- or perhaps it is following the rule, if you consider the 
> > ioctls' existence a bug :)
> > 
> > Getting the CodingStyle fixes in before 2.6.22-rc1 would be nice, but, 
> > as I noted, lower priority than serious stuff like ioctl consideration.
> 
> There is also a bunch of updates pending. I'm sending them over this
> week.
> 
> Dan: I'll be sending everything thats currently in our tree but not
> mainline.

I'm going through the ioctls as we speak...  what else was pending?
Louis has a few on libertas-dev list.  We also need to pull wireless-2.6
into libertas before we send linville a pull request, I think.

Dan


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