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

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Message-ID: <20141231144617.GE6332@pd.tnic>
Date:	Wed, 31 Dec 2014 15:46:17 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@...il.com>
Cc:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	"Grumbach, Emmanuel" <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"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>,
	"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 Thu, Jan 01, 2015 at 01:40:53AM +1100, Julian Calaby wrote:
> Sadly, nobody will read that. It needs to be at least an error,
> possibly with a big splat to scare people.
> 
> Maybe using one of WARN()'s siblings instead.

And that opens a lot of useless bugzillas...

The right thing to do is go talk to the maintainers of the userspace
tools or send patches.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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