Subject: Re: [PATCH] ethtool_ops rev 4

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 18:35:31 -0400

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> It's an explicit goal to avoid changing the driver API in such a way 
> that there is a remotely sane path to supporting older kernels. 

I, of course, meant the exact opposite here :)

We want to provide a sane, ifdef-free path to kcompat, where feasible.