Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-09 Thread Ian McDonald
On 7/10/07, Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If there were any benefit to removing a working driver I would at least be able to see it as a resources issue, but as far as I can see you just seem to have a personal preference for the e100 driver and want to force others to use it because

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-09 Thread Bill Davidsen
Adrian Bunk wrote: On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 01:27:55PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: For how many years do you know that there's a new and actively maintained e100 driver for your hardware? And if you don't follow a stable line like the 2.6.16 kernel or a distribution kernel it's simply a

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-09 Thread Jeff Garzik
Kok, Auke wrote: as discussed before we really want to avoid having (1) an unmaintained bitrotting driver for X and (2) one that should work because people are being paid to take care of it. The community has always encouraged us to work with us fixing the last issues in e100 to make it work

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-09 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 01:27:55PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 12:01:56PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: >> >>> Please do not make unnecessary kernel changes which require changes in >>> our systems. >>> > >>> If you think the e100 driver fixes

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-09 Thread Kok, Auke
Bill Davidsen wrote: Adrian Bunk wrote: On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 12:01:56PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: Please do not make unnecessary kernel changes which require changes in our systems. If you think the e100 driver fixes your problems use it and be happy. But since you don't have to

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-09 Thread Bill Davidsen
Adrian Bunk wrote: On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 12:01:56PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: Please do not make unnecessary kernel changes which require changes in our systems. If you think the e100 driver fixes your problems use it and be happy. But since you don't have to test system behavior

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-09 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 12:01:56PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Please do not make unnecessary kernel changes which require changes in our > systems. Welcome to the kernel 2.6 development model. > Kok, Auke wrote: >> Bill Davidsen wrote: >>> Adrian Bunk wrote: This patch contains the

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-09 Thread Bill Davidsen
Please do not make unnecessary kernel changes which require changes in our systems. Kok, Auke wrote: Bill Davidsen wrote: Adrian Bunk wrote: This patch contains the overdue removal of the eepro100 driver. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The hardware supported by this driver

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-09 Thread Bill Davidsen
Please do not make unnecessary kernel changes which require changes in our systems. Kok, Auke wrote: Bill Davidsen wrote: Adrian Bunk wrote: This patch contains the overdue removal of the eepro100 driver. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] The hardware supported by this driver is

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-09 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 12:01:56PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: Please do not make unnecessary kernel changes which require changes in our systems. Welcome to the kernel 2.6 development model. Kok, Auke wrote: Bill Davidsen wrote: Adrian Bunk wrote: This patch contains the overdue removal

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-09 Thread Bill Davidsen
Adrian Bunk wrote: On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 12:01:56PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: Please do not make unnecessary kernel changes which require changes in our systems. If you think the e100 driver fixes your problems use it and be happy. But since you don't have to test system behavior

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-09 Thread Kok, Auke
Bill Davidsen wrote: Adrian Bunk wrote: On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 12:01:56PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: Please do not make unnecessary kernel changes which require changes in our systems. If you think the e100 driver fixes your problems use it and be happy. But since you don't have to

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-09 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 01:27:55PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: Adrian Bunk wrote: On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 12:01:56PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: Please do not make unnecessary kernel changes which require changes in our systems. If you think the e100 driver fixes your problems use

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-09 Thread Jeff Garzik
Kok, Auke wrote: as discussed before we really want to avoid having (1) an unmaintained bitrotting driver for X and (2) one that should work because people are being paid to take care of it. The community has always encouraged us to work with us fixing the last issues in e100 to make it work

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-09 Thread Bill Davidsen
Adrian Bunk wrote: On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 01:27:55PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: For how many years do you know that there's a new and actively maintained e100 driver for your hardware? And if you don't follow a stable line like the 2.6.16 kernel or a distribution kernel it's simply a

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-09 Thread Ian McDonald
On 7/10/07, Bill Davidsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If there were any benefit to removing a working driver I would at least be able to see it as a resources issue, but as far as I can see you just seem to have a personal preference for the e100 driver and want to force others to use it because

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-02 Thread Kok, Auke
Bill Davidsen wrote: Adrian Bunk wrote: This patch contains the overdue removal of the eepro100 driver. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The hardware supported by this driver is still in use, thanks. It's probably easier to leave the eepro100 driver in than find anyone who

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-02 Thread Bill Davidsen
Adrian Bunk wrote: This patch contains the overdue removal of the eepro100 driver. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The hardware supported by this driver is still in use, thanks. It's probably easier to leave the eepro100 driver in than find anyone who wants to investigate why

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-02 Thread Bill Davidsen
Adrian Bunk wrote: This patch contains the overdue removal of the eepro100 driver. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] The hardware supported by this driver is still in use, thanks. It's probably easier to leave the eepro100 driver in than find anyone who wants to investigate why

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-02 Thread Kok, Auke
Bill Davidsen wrote: Adrian Bunk wrote: This patch contains the overdue removal of the eepro100 driver. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] The hardware supported by this driver is still in use, thanks. It's probably easier to leave the eepro100 driver in than find anyone who wants

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-01 Thread Jeff Garzik
Kok, Auke wrote: this needs to be resceduled for 2.6.24 (at least). We're hoping to merge the proposed changes (still being worked on) in .23. Milton Miller and David Acker are working on that. Quite agreed. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-01 Thread Kok, Auke
Adrian Bunk wrote: This patch contains the overdue removal of the eepro100 driver. ... this needs to be resceduled for 2.6.24 (at least). We're hoping to merge the proposed changes (still being worked on) in .23. Milton Miller and David Acker are working on that. Auke - To unsubscribe

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-01 Thread Kok, Auke
Adrian Bunk wrote: This patch contains the overdue removal of the eepro100 driver. ... this needs to be resceduled for 2.6.24 (at least). We're hoping to merge the proposed changes (still being worked on) in .23. Milton Miller and David Acker are working on that. Auke - To unsubscribe

Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue eepro100 removal

2007-07-01 Thread Jeff Garzik
Kok, Auke wrote: this needs to be resceduled for 2.6.24 (at least). We're hoping to merge the proposed changes (still being worked on) in .23. Milton Miller and David Acker are working on that. Quite agreed. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe