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Subject: Re: [CFR 2/n] removes uther dependency of aue(4)
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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.