linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net: add new QCA alx ethernet driver

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Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:34:30 +0500
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>
To:	"Huang, Xiong" <xiong@....qualcomm.com>
Cc:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Ren, Cloud" <cjren@....qualcomm.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	qca-linux-team <qca-linux-team@...lcomm.com>,
	nic-devel <nic-devel@...lcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: add new QCA alx ethernet driver

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez
<rodrigue@....qualcomm.com> wrote:
> It would be useful for you to describe the exact functionality,
> perhaps in a separate thread or maybe even just RFC patches which you
> have to be simply ready for may just be just that -- RFC patches which
> we flush down the v2 toilet.

A simple strategy for you is for you to remove this code (if present)
for now and then throw into a crap/ patch [0] under compat-drivers but
with an objective of eventually going through the RFC stages to get
this properly merged upstream.

[0] https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Documentation/compat-drivers/additional-patches

  Luis
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