Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 10:50:05 +1300 From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> To: Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFR 2/n] removes uther dependency of aue(4) Message-ID: <AANLkTimiKpF0rG3uxJeQsG8Zi9kSbp_aXwKd1vD_gk1B@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20101031214704.GA3918@weongyo> References: <20101031214704.GA3918@weongyo>
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On 1 November 2010 10:47, Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.jeong@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > The following patch is to remove uether(4) dependency of aue(4) and > change logs would be as follows: > > =A0- removes uether module dependency of aue(4) that finally uether > =A0 =A0module would be gone. =A0The reasons why I'm trying to remove ueth= er > =A0 =A0module are that > =A0 =A0 =A0I discussed with USB ethernet maintainers about whether it's > =A0 =A0 =A0useful or not. =A0yongari@ answered that it's not helpful, not > =A0 =A0 =A0straight forward to understand and make code complex. > =A0- adds newly two uether APIs, uether_alloc_unr and uether_free_unr for > =A0 =A0backward compatibility because current interface names for each > =A0 =A0ethernet devices are linux-style `ue[0-9]+'. =A0The naming rule wo= uld > =A0 =A0be kept at STABLE_8 but not sure at STABLE_9. > > If no objections I'd like to see this patch at HEAD. No objections here.
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