netdev - Re: pull request: wireless-2.6 2008-11-18

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Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:33:38 +0100
From:	Marcel Holtmann <holtmann@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@...el.com>
Cc:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Tomas Winkler <tomasw@...il.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"sfr@...b.auug.org.au" <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: pull request: wireless-2.6 2008-11-18

Hi Yi,

>> http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1703
>>
>> and just relying on Bugzilla is not gonna be good enough. The Linux
>> kernel development has always been done via mailing lists. And while
>> there is a kernel and other Bugzillas, the main authority is still  
>> the
>> mailing list. So if you wanna get massive feedback or have testing
>> patches for debugging, then these need to be posted to linux-wireless
>> and not "hidden" into a Bugzilla.
>
> This is generally true for bugs easy to debug with. But in this  
> example,
> the first reporter opened this bug 4 months ago. People usually don't
> follow thread for such a long time. There are also some reporters  
> never
> show up in this ML.

true to some degree, but searching mailing list archives is a lot  
simpler then bug reports.

>> I do have a perfect environment in Vancouver that allows me to  
>> trigger
>> this behavior within a few minutes. So if you really wanna debug  
>> this,
>> then just send debug patches to the mailing list and I am happy to  
>> run
>> such kernels.
>
> Can you still reproduce this bug with Johannes' patch?

we will see once I am back in Vancouver. Will be some time in December  
though.

Regards

Marcel

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