From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262067AbVDRNBd (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:01:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262071AbVDRNBd (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:01:33 -0400 Received: from [81.2.110.250] ([81.2.110.250]:59873 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262067AbVDRM77 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:59:59 -0400 Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] drivers/net/wan/: possible cleanups From: Alan Cox To: Adrian Bunk Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20050417234738.GY3625@stusta.de> References: <20050327143418.GE4285@stusta.de> <1111941516.14877.325.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050414232028.GD20400@stusta.de> <1113587392.11155.33.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050417234738.GY3625@stusta.de> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1113828904.17058.21.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:55:06 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Llu, 2005-04-18 at 00:47, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Are there any external drivers using these exports, and if there are, > why aren't they in the kernel? Its a standard API > If there aren't and someone will at some time in the future need them, > re-adding the exports will be trivial. Really, you will spotaneously magically make them appear in old kernels that end users have just like that ? Your argument doesn't hold water. Its an API for drivers so that people can add 85x30 card drivers using DMA in this fashion. Its an API so they can add them to *EXISTING* kernels without users being forced to recompile/wait for the vendor to update their tree/upgrade to a new release. Alan