Re: [PATCH] [2.4] ATM driver for the Alcatel SpeedTouch USB DSL modem

Greg KH (greg@kroah.com)
Thu, 30 May 2002 11:48:18 -0700


On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 08:13:22PM +0200, Luca Barbieri wrote:
> Depends:
> - [PATCH] [2.4, 2.5] printk helper functions
> - [PATCH] [2.4] Waitable counter structure
> - [PATCH] [2.4] ATM SAR support, based on SARlib

Because of these dependencies (and the fact that the maintainer doesn't
want it added yet) I will not apply this patch.

> Recommends:
> - [PATCH] [2.4] [2.5] Fix PPPoATM crash on disconnection
> (tasklet_disable; kfree(tasklet)) <merged in 2.4.19-pre9>
>
> Look at Configure.help for the description.
>
> This driver is based on the 1.5 driver written and maintained by Johan
> Verrept.
> I sent an older version of this set of patches to him on 16/may/2002. On
> 20/may/2002 he replied saying that he would look at the patch, but he
> didn't send me any further messages.
> So, since the identity of the maintainer doesn't matter when deciding
> whether to apply a patch or not, I'm sending this to linux-kernel
> without waiting for an answer from the 1.5 maintainer in order to save
> time.

Sending this to linux-usb-devel might be a better place, instead of
bothering linux-kernel.

thanks,

greg k-h
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