netdev - Re: [GIT PULL] AlacrityVM guest drivers for 2.6.33

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Message-ID: <20091223171052.GI20539@basil.fritz.box>
Date:	Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:10:52 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Gregory Haskins <gregory.haskins@...il.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"alacrityvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<alacrityvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] AlacrityVM guest drivers for 2.6.33

> And its moot, anyway, as I have already retracted my one outstanding
> pull request based on Linus' observation.  So at this time, I am not
> advocating _anything_ for upstream inclusion.  And I am contemplating
> _never_ doing so again.  It's not worth _this_.

That certainly sounds like the wrong reaction. Out of tree drivers
are typically a pain to use. 

And upstream submission is not always like this!

-Andi
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