From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christer Weinigel Subject: Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:52:10 +0100 Message-ID: <49B94BCA.6090309@weinigel.se> References: <49B91A7B.7050303@weinigel.se> <20090312151211.GB24995@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> <49B93777.7030202@weinigel.se> <20090312.104345.68580544.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: nhorman@tuxdriver.com, shemminger@vyatta.com, s.hauer@pengutronix.de, yanok@emcraft.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, netdev@vger.kernel.org, wd@denx.de, dzu@denx.de To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from 2-1-3-15a.ens.sth.bostream.se ([82.182.31.214]:59056 "EHLO zoo.weinigel.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754074AbZCLRwP (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:52:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090312.104345.68580544.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: David Miller wrote: > Just about every single distribution has to build a initrd > that has to be able to setup a network, and have the necessary > infrastructure to access things over NFS in order to implement > their installer. > > You can start with the debian installer, that's probably the > easiest to hack on and extend. > > Or you can just continue to list excuses, that might be easier. Or I can keep patching the drivers, that's even easier. No it's not something I expect to see in the official kernel, but who cares, I always have loads of debug patches that won't get into the official kernel either. Keep the status quo. /Christer