netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 0/3] Add support for velocity network driver on platform devices

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Message-ID: <517EC7A6.9030204@prisktech.co.nz>
Date:	Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:19:02 +1200
From:	Tony Prisk <linux@...sktech.co.nz>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	romieu@...zoreil.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	vt8500-wm8505-linux-kernel@...glegroups.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 0/3] Add support for velocity network driver on platform
 devices

On 30/04/13 07:15, David Miller wrote:
> You prepared these patches against a net-next tree which is at least
> a week old, I know this because that's when the NETIF_F_* flags for
> VLAN offloading changed their names which causes your third patch
> to fail to apply.
>
> Do not do this, net-next changes every day and rapidly, don't take
> the chance that the driver you're touching is unpopular and thus
> hasn't had changes to it recently.  Tree-wide interface changes
> happen all the time.
Apologies - I didn't realise. These patches are based against 3.8-rc8.
I will rebase against net-next and resend.

Regards
Tony P
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