netdev - RE: net-next iwlwifi breaks compile - was Re: pull request: wireless-next 2012-04-18

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Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:07:23 +0000
From:	"Venkataraman, Meenakshi" <meenakshi.venkataraman@...el.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"socketcan@...tkopp.net" <socketcan@...tkopp.net>,
	"Guy, Wey-Yi W" <wey-yi.w.guy@...el.com>,
	"linville@...driver.com" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Spinadel, David" <david.spinadel@...el.com>
Subject: RE: net-next iwlwifi breaks compile - was Re: pull request:
 wireless-next 2012-04-18

Hi David,

>> It was fixed internally in a subsequent patch, but that patch has not
>> made it into net-next. I don't see it in the public iwlwifi repository
>> either. We'll add the fix to the repository so you can pick it up.
>
>That's not how this works.
>
>You should submit a patch to fix the build directly to me, immediately, so that I
>can push it directly into net-next as fast as possible.

[MV]  Okay -- this is good to know. Essentially -- if any upstream tree breaks due to our work, then a fix should be directly submitted ASAP to the maintainer of that tree.

I see that Wey-Yi has already sent you the fix, so nothing left for me to do on this one.

Thanks,
Meenakshi
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