Subject: Re: [UPDATED PATCH 7/7] igb: remove 82576 quad adapter

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:58:04 -0400

Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Alexander Duyck <[email-masked]>
> 
> removing the 82576 quad adapter as it will not have completed testing by
> the time the kernel has been released.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <[email-masked]>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/net/igb/e1000_82575.c |    1 -
>  drivers/net/igb/e1000_hw.h    |    1 -
>  drivers/net/igb/igb_ethtool.c |    9 ---------
>  drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c    |   11 -----------
>  4 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

applied patches 1-6 of 7

Did not apply this patch because we rarely yank code for this reason... 
typically testing is done in parallel with the open source community. 
Maybe more explanation is needed, if I'm misunderstanding?