netdev - Re: [PATCH] Revert "ipw2200: select CFG80211

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Date:	Mon, 05 Jan 2015 11:20:21 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	Stanislav Yakovlev <stas.yakovlev@...il.com>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "ipw2200: select CFG80211_WEXT"

On Mon, 2015-01-05 at 11:12 +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Jan 2015, Johannes Berg wrote:
> 
> > Well, see the big thread over there with the revert that I'm tempted to
> > not even read ...
> 
> I'd actually like to hear from you whether you share Emmanuel's point of 
> view that my revert of your patch was inappropriate; I was really 
> surprised that there might be even questions about that, given the obvious 
> userspace wreckage.

Let's not pollute this thread with that though ... :-)

I agree that the revert was the right thing to do, but from what I saw
when I briefly glimpsed at part of the thread during my vacation (and
then deciding I didn't want to deal with it then) a lot has been said in
the thread that is completely wrong. I may not care enough to correct it
though.

johannes


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