Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] Phonet: advise against enabling the pipe controller

From: "Rémi Denis-Courmont" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 13:20:36 +0300

Le samedi 9 octobre 2010 00:17:30 David Miller, vous avez écrit :
> From: Rémi Denis-Courmont <[email-masked]>
> Date: Fri,  8 Oct 2010 17:02:01 +0300
> 
> > From: Rémi Denis-Courmont <[email-masked]>
> > 
> > As it currently is, the new code path is not compatible with existing
> > Nokia modems. This would break existing userspace for Nokia modem, such
> > as the existing oFono ISI driver.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <[email-masked]>
> 
> This really needs to be designed such that it can co-exist with current
> userland technology.

Yeah, don't tell me. This kinda static option works for Linux kernel on an 
embedded device like my employer. But it does not fly on the desktop.

This big patch came as a surprise, so did its merging. I don't when it can be 
improved.

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Rémi Denis-Courmont
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