netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/7] cxgb3 - private ioctl cleanup

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Message-ID: <45DD917D.5010807@chelsio.com>
Date:	Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:50:05 -0800
From:	Divy Le Ray <divy@...lsio.com>
To:	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
CC:	divy@...lsio.com, jeff@...zik.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, swise@...ngridcomputing.com,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] cxgb3 - private ioctl cleanup

YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / .$B5HF#1QL@. wrote:
> In article <45DD8DDA.8060303@...lsio.com> (at Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:34:34 -0800), Divy Le Ray <divy@...lsio.com> says:
>
>
>   
>>> 1. Please do do change the values.
>>> 2. Explain why you are going to kill these ioctls.
>>>   
>>>       
>> Jeff and Arjan have required that most of these ioctls go.
>> Please read:
>> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=117029584904193&w=2
>>     
>
> Even if you remove them, PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE VALUES,
> unless you have very, very good reason.
>   

The cxgb3 driver has not yet appeared in a stable version of the linux 
kernel.
The odds of breaking an application using these private ioctls are 
pretty slim.
Since some cleanup was required, I chose not to let holes between the 
values.

Cheers,
Divy


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