linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] r8169: fix a bug in rtl8169_init

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Date:	Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:03:34 +0100
From:	Piotr Hosowicz <piotr@...owicz.com>
To:	Anca Emanuel <anca.emanuel@...il.com>
CC:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] r8169: fix a bug in rtl8169_init_phy()

On 19.03.2011 17:38, Anca Emanuel wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Piotr Hosowicz<piotr@...owicz.com>  wrote:
>> On 19.03.2011 17:04, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>>>
>>> Le samedi 19 mars 2011 à 16:49 +0100, Piotr Hosowicz a écrit :
>>>
>>>> I do not understand. I reverted the commit you mentioned and am building
>>>> now. Will it suffice?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Either you
>>>
>>> 1) Revert the commit
>>
>> OK. This is what I've done and everything is OK, net works as usual. But
>> what should I do next? Will the revert be done on the GIT server? And when?
>> I try not to clone to much and wastefuly. And am new to GIT so sorry for the
>> question.
>
> Next: Test Eric's patch, and send and email with Tested-by tag.

I just built the kernel with the commit reverted as Eric said in the 
beginning and it works. Should I build again with patching in place of 
reverting and report it? Is the method same as ordinary patching?

Regards,

Piotr Hosowicz

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