netdev - Re: Linux XIA - merge proposal

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Message-ID: <55081D48.3000407@digirati.com.br>
Date:	Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:25:44 -0400
From:	Michel Machado <michel@...irati.com.br>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux XIA - merge proposal

On 03/15/2015 05:37 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 11:26:46AM -0400, Michel Machado wrote:
>> On 03/10/2015 01:01 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>>>  From my point of view (far outside the networking world and completely
>>> incompetent to judge the merits of XIA), this email seems like a
>>> reasonable starting point for a discussion, and I'm disappointed that
>>> it got shut down so fast.  It might not be in *exactly* the form
>>> people are looking for, but hey, it's an introductory email, and
>>> Michel seems open to constructive feedback.
>>
>>     Thank you for the support, Bjorn.
>>
>>     I've brainstormed with friends questions that could address the concerns
>> that haven't been voiced in this thread, and I answered those questions in
>> our FAQ page:
>>
>>     https://github.com/AltraMayor/XIA-for-Linux/wiki/FAQ
>>
>>     While I would like to have Linux XIA merged, I also don't want to become
>> importunate. So, if nobody else shows interest in this thread, I'm going to
>> leave it to rest.
>
> But you have yet to actually post the code, why give up now, you haven't
> even tried.  A number of people have given you hints here as to what you
> should be doing / trying, to just run away without even attempting it
> seems quite odd and defeatist.

Hi Greg,

    After reading your e-mail, I realized that I hadn't really 
understood the feedback that I've received. I'm going to follow your 
advice. Figuring out how to break our codebase in series of patches is 
going to take sometime, but I intend to get it moving.

[ ]'s
Michel Machado
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