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On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 16:05:46 -0700
Jean Tourrilhes <jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 03:46:08PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> >
> > Working on converting IRDA to new netdevice semantics,
> 
> 	I hope you realised that this is most likely 2.7.X
> material.

Without moving to the new netdevice semantics, you're
drivers will be broken.

This isn't a happy cleanup change, it is necessary.