netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] 6lowpan: udp compression/uncompression fix

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Date:	Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:53:39 +0100
From:	Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	alex.bluesman.smirnov@...il.com,
	linux-zigbee-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, werner@...esberger.net,
	jukka.rissanen@...ux.intel.com, dbaryshkov@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] 6lowpan: udp compression/uncompression fix

On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 08:19:43AM -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-11-14 at 16:48 +0100, Alexander Aring wrote:
> > The current 6LoWPAN udp compression/uncompression is completely broken.
> > This patch series fix a lot of udp compression/uncompression issues and
> > add support parsing with lowpan_fetch_skb function.
> 
> If its broken, why targeting net-next tree (which is closed BTW ATM) ?
> 
The 6LoWPAN stack still has several unresolved issues (some of which require
more elaborate changes and are therefore net-next material anyway), so
rushing fixes into 'net' wouldn't make a big difference.

- Alex
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