netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/8] r8169: Remove firmware code

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Message-Id: <20130407.164507.795222306786228518.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:45:07 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	romieu@...zoreil.com
Cc:	hayeswang@...ltek.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/8] r8169: Remove firmware code

From: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 01:42:29 +0200

> David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> :
> [...]
>> If so, should I just apply this series as-is ?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> - the series is imho -stable unfriendly: whoever wants to figure what
>   should be fed into a -stable branch will have a hard time. :o/
> - the driver could had been more careful about firmware version/magic
>   checks and firmware opcodes recycling. It's a bit late. It won't
>   necessarily hurt.
> - there is a whole release cycle ahead to find problems - if any - due
>   to the hw_start flow change. It seems sane.
> - the relative amount of binary like cruft is going down.
> 
> I am not overflowed with enthusiasm but the gain should exceed the pain.

All applied to net-next, thanks!
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