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Re: [PATCH 2.6.10-rc1 14/15] wireless/orinoco: add minimal ethtool suppo

To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.10-rc1 14/15] wireless/orinoco: add minimal ethtool support
From: David Gibson <hermes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:01:30 +1000
Cc: Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxx
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On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:46:04PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Dan Williams wrote:
> >Update in-kernel orinoco wireless drivers to upstream CVS.
> >None of this is original code by Dan Williams, simply a
> >broken down patch set split-out from upstream orinoco CVS.
> >
> >o Add minimal ethtool support (Pavel Roskin)
> 
> should use ethtool_ops rather than manually handling the ioctl

Yes, we should, but no-one's done to work for the change.  I really
don't have time or resources myself - hence the long overdue merge in
the first place.

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