Re: [PATCH] net/ibm/emac: bump version numbers for correct work with ethtool

[Ivan Mikhaylov]

On Wed, 23 Sep 2015 11:05:49 -0700 (PDT)
"David Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Ivan Mikhaylov <ivan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:42:22 +0400
> 
> > Register dump out work preventing with 
> > old ethtool + new driver and new ethtool + old driver.
> 
> First of all you didn't provide a proper Signoff.
> 
> Second of all, there was so much discussion about whether this does
> or does not break things for various combinations of old/new ethtool
> and kernel.
> 
> Therefore I want a real detailed commit message that explains why this
> is all OK.  After so much confusion and discussion, providing a patch
> with absolutely no commit message is completely inappropriate.

David, my apologies for signoff and description, I admit that is inappropriate.
Ben proposed one, is it eligible?
Need I resubmit patch with sign and detailed description?

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