linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "cfg80211: make WEXT compatibility unselectable"

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1412311408090.31609@pobox.suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 31 Dec 2014 14:10:24 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>
cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	"Grumbach, Emmanuel" <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"egrumbach@...il.com" <egrumbach@...il.com>,
	"peter@...leysoftware.com" <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	"ilw@...ux.intel.com" <ilw@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Berg, Johannes" <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "cfg80211: make WEXT compatibility
 unselectable"

On Wed, 31 Dec 2014, Arend van Spriel wrote:

> You mentioned in the discussion and I quote: "*If* wireless maintainers 
> think otherwise, I'll send a revert request to Linus for 
> consideration.". However, you did not wait for any response from the 
> wireless maintainers nor from the author of the patch you are reverting. 
> Seems like an overreaction to me though personally I do not disgree with 
> the revert itself.

My understanding from the whole thread was that Emmanuel disagrees with 
the revert, and I consider Emmanuel to definitely belong to the "wireless 
maintainers" group. If my understanding was wrong on this, sorry for that.

One way or another, the revert really is a-must-have, as it causes visible 
userspace regressions. I am really surprised that it's causing so lively 
discussion and doubts.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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