linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: Add support for handling queueing in hardware

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Date:	Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:39:20 -0400
From:	Ben Collins <benmcollins13@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	afleming@...escale.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Add support for handling queueing in hardware

On Mar 22, 2013, at 11:17 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: Ben Collins <benmcollins13@...il.com>
> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:43:44 -0400
> 
>> "For us" is a loose term, when it's more that we are attempting to
>> upstream code so our system is supported by a mainline kernel
>> instead of having one-off kernels.
> 
> If this other person doesn't want their code upstreams, it is absolutely
> inappropriate for you to try and force the matter and "do it for them."


If your company had hardware going to production, you'd want it supported in mainline too, I suspect.

Either way, I'll redact this patch because it isn't necessarily needed for the driver to work.

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