linux-kernel - Re: [2.4 patch] Port of adutux driver from 2.6 kernel to 2.4.

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Message-ID: <20071016182401.GE23326@1wt.eu>
Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:24:01 +0200
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@...hat.com>
Cc:	Vitaliy Ivanov <vitalivanov@...il.com>, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.4 patch] Port of adutux driver from 2.6 kernel to 2.4.

On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:56:03AM -0700, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:41:38 +0200, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu> wrote:
> 
> > OK, I have no objection, but please apply the fixes the le16 problem as
> > suggested by Pete and Greg first. Also, you will probably receive more
> > comments, and/or criticisms from further reviews. This is normal and
> > expected. You just have to fix your code so that it can be merged.
> 
> I do not object to the driver (with byte order fixed), although it seems
> written oddly... E.g. lots of trivial comments, the open count locked
> by wrong lock. But I do not want to hold the 2.4 version hostage to
> errors of the mainline. We should've caught them when we merged adutux
> into Greg's tree. I have to admit I'm skipping reviewing a lot of 2.6.

I really appreciate your position, Pete. It's fair and motivating for
newcomers. I hope Vitalyi will be able to forward-port some fixes and
cleanups to 2.6 in the future.

Thanks,
Willy

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