netdev - Re: [PATCH] net-driver: Drivers don't set IFF_* flag [Was: [PATCH 3/3] netdevice: order of synchronization of IFF_PROMISC and IFF

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:10:29 -0600
From:	Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>
To:	Wang Chen <wangchen@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	NETDEV <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, davies@...iac.ultranet.com,
	grundler@...isc-linux.org, kyle@...isc-linux.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net-driver: Drivers don't set IFF_* flag [Was: [PATCH
	3/3] netdevice: order of synchronization of IFF_PROMISC and
	IFF_ALLMULTI]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 09:02:03AM +0800, Wang Chen wrote:
...
> So I want to remove "clear promisc" feature by ioctl of this driver
> instead of adding it to feature-removal-schedule.
> "set promisc" feature by ioctl can be fixed temporarily and should be
> added to feature-removal-schedule. 
> Fortunately most of the features of this driver's ioctl are for
> developer testing.
> 
> This week I want to wait for tulip driver maintainer's confirmation.

Confirmation of what?
Apologies for not being able to follow the whole conversation.

If you want to remove a developer debug feature, please just submit
a patch like usual to kyle and myself.

thanks,
grant
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