netdev - Re: 2.6.29-rc8: Reported regressions from 2.6.28

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Date:	Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:01:22 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.29-rc8: Reported regressions from 2.6.28

On Sun, 2009-03-15 at 11:44 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Johannes - "not believable" is simply not an argument. If Jeff can show a 
> difference, then your disbelief is totally irrelevant, and clearly shows 
> that you are basing your beliefs on incorrect assumptions (like some 
> specific version of firmware that isn't the whole story).

Linus, Jeff is totally unbelievable here -- I just realised that the
commit he quotes doesn't even change the driver he's working with.

johannes

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