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Message-ID: <00d101cb8603$9e2f3970$66f8800a@maildom.okisemi.com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:00:37 +0900
From:	"Tomoya MORINAGA" <tomoya-linux@....okisemi.com>
To:	<w.sang@...gutronix.de>, "David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<wg@...ndegger.com>
Cc:	<andrew.chih.howe.khor@...el.com>, <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	<margie.foster@...el.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <socketcan-core@...ts.berlios.de>,
	<kok.howg.ewe@...el.com>, <joel.clark@...el.com>,
	<yong.y.wang@...el.com>, <chripell@...e.org>, <qi.wang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4] can: Topcliff: PCH_CAN driver: Add Flow control/Fix Endianess issue/Separate IF register/Enumerate LEC macro/Move MSI processing/Use BIT(X)/Change Message Object index/Add prefix PCH_

Hi David Miller,

I see, I just have to obey your saying.
I will split our patch per issue/indicated item and re-submit to you.

Thanks,
Tomoya MORINAGA
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
To: <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
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<socketcan-core@...ts.berlios.de>; <kok.howg.ewe@...el.com>; <joel.clark@...el.com>; <yong.y.wang@...el.com>;
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6 v4] can: Topcliff: PCH_CAN driver: Add Flow control/Fix Endianess issue/Separate IF
register/Enumerate LEC macro/Move MSI processing/Use BIT(X)/Change Message Object index/Add prefix PCH_


> From: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:07:16 +0100
>
> > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:43:25PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> >> From: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>
> >> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:39:47 +0100
> >>
> >> > Please take into account that this patch got accepted by accident
> >> > (because the maintainer did not respond properly in time). At that time
> >> > the driver was incomplete, not ready for mainline and did not even work
> >> > properly. Therefore it makes little sense to debug or even bisec these
> >> > changes. Just for that reason I made an exemption and added my
> >> > "Acked-by". Hope you can share my arguments.
> >>
> >> You don't put stupid on top of stupid and justify the latter using
> >> the former.
> >
> > Is reverting the incomplete driver an option?
>
> I told everyone that the plan was that we had several months
> to fix this, and that's what we should do.
>
> But yes if people are going to be maximally difficult about this and
> refuse to split up the bug fixes, I will have to regrettably revert
> the driver.
>
> But let's avoid that if we can.
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