Am Dienstag 06 Dezember 2005 22:25 schrieb Krzysztof Halasa: > > Is Stefan's patch going to restore the functionality that you need? > > I hope so. If done correctly, it would not only provide the > functionality my drivers were using before the breakage, it would > enable me to cut the dirty links between low level and mid level > drivers.
So I'll rediff against 2.6.15rc, fix Jamals latest nitpick and submit the patch for inclusion. > But _first_ it needs to be correct. We'll continue to have different opinions on RFC2863 and on how the interface between userspace and kernel should be. So any discussion on this part is moot, we won't find a better compromise. After this part is finished, we can restart talking about L3. > Are you asking if those 3 netif_dormant*() functions are good enough > for my drivers? Of course they are, do you think who has written them? > (oops, it never existed) Yes, my patch bases on yours and Thomas' work. You're both welcome to add your signed-off lines. Stefan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
