Re: [GIT PULL, resend] async_tx/dmaengine update for 2.6.29

[David Miller]

From: "Dan Williams" <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:45:02 -0700

> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 5:15 AM, Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> net/core/dev.c                        |  149 +------
> >> net/ipv4/tcp.c                        |    5 +-
> >> net/ipv4/tcp_input.c                  |    2 +-
> >> net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c                   |    2 +-
> >> net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c                   |    2 +-
> >
> > Wouldn't it be better for these changes to go through the net
> > tree?
> >
> 
> It was awkward to separate the reformatting of the core api from its
> users.  In this exceptional case these changes were limited to areas
> inside #ifdef CONFIG_DMA_ENGINE/CONFIG_NET_DMA.
> 
> In general, Maciej and I send purely incremental patches through the
> net tree [1].

Yes, I think in this case it didn't make much sense to send
the changes via the net tree.
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