netdev - Re: [patch] e1000=y && e1000e=m regression fix

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Message-ID: <47FD1DF6.2000007@garzik.org>
Date:	Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:50:14 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	e1000-list <e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	linux-pci maillist <linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	"Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	"Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: [patch] e1000=y && e1000e=m regression fix

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:
> 
>>> We've got three thousand Kconfig options - it is clearly not 
>>> realistic for users to keep such details in mind to avoid pitfalls.
>> Agreed -- hence the multiple announcements, including in this thread, 
>> to put said details into mind.
> 
> which part of "it took a kernel developer more than an hour to figure 
> out why his laptop had a dead network interface" did you not understand? 
> Whatever you did, it was not apparent to me. I dont follow every tiny 
> detail of the e1000 driver family, nor do 99%+ [*] of our users.

You do follow LKML, where multiple announcements have and are being posted.

	Jeff



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