Re: [PATCH] net: Add support for handling queueing in hardware

From: Ben Collins
Date: Fri Mar 22 2013 - 11:39:24 EST


On Mar 22, 2013, at 11:17 AM, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Ben Collins <benmcollins13@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:43:44 -0400
>
>> "For us" is a loose term, when it's more that we are attempting to
>> upstream code so our system is supported by a mainline kernel
>> instead of having one-off kernels.
>
> If this other person doesn't want their code upstreams, it is absolutely
> inappropriate for you to try and force the matter and "do it for them."


If your company had hardware going to production, you'd want it supported in mainline too, I suspect.

Either way, I'll redact this patch because it isn't necessarily needed for the driver to work.

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