From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [GIT]: Networking Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 10:32:14 -0400 Message-ID: <4824606E.3040409@garzik.org> References: <20080508.171408.94456716.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: David Miller , akpm@linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Linus Torvalds Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:49124 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751401AbYEIOcS (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2008 10:32:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Linus Torvalds wrote: > It's one thing taking a totally new driver (that couldn't have worked > before and cannot be a regression) or adding new PCI ID's. It's a totally > different thing to take 800 lines of code to an old driver that people > depend on. These things need to happen during the merge window, and just > because they are drivers doesn't mean that they can just do anythign they > want. The e1000e change is just a bunch of code additions for a new phy type, not a bunch of /changes/ really. Is that the change you're concerned with? Jeff