netdev - Re: [PATCH] synopsys: remove dwc_eth

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Message-Id: <20170112.104803.240247212224131685.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 12 Jan 2017 10:48:03 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com
Cc:     lars.persson@...s.com, niklass@...s.com, peppe.cavallaro@...com,
        alexandre.torgue@...com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] synopsys: remove dwc_eth_qos driver

From: Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:46:31 +0000

> Hope we can meet in a LinuxCon soon and have a talk, for you to know
> me and this way you will see that I am a guy that is only focused in
> producing work the best way possible, and nothing else.

I do not argue your intentions.

I argue the side effects of your change for the ecosystem of
long term maintaince and backporting, and what tangible benefit
this change brings to users.