RE: [Kgdb-bugreport] Any word on the acceptance of the KGDB I/O kernel modules?

[Wessel, J. <jas...@wi...>]

I am fine with pushing into 2.6.12.  I will attempt to contact Matt, and
coordinate a change.  Once Matt makes the change it will break kgdboe
because it is an API change.

Thanks,
Jason.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Rini [mailto:tr...@ke...]=20
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:26 PM
> To: Wessel, Jason
> Cc: Amit S. Kale; kgd...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Kgdb-bugreport] Any word on the acceptance of=20
> the KGDB I/O kernel modules?
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> On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 10:14:22AM -0700, Wessel, Jason wrote:
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tom Rini [mailto:tr...@ke...]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:03 PM
> > > To: Wessel, Jason
> > > Cc: Amit S. Kale; kgd...@li...
> > > Subject: Re: [Kgdb-bugreport] Any word on the acceptance=20
> of the KGDB=20
> > > I/O kernel modules?
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > The netpoll patch wasn't added, but everything else was. =20
> > > Sorry if I wasn't clear.  For that, the bit you were=20
> talking about=20
> > > for netpoll to discover & use the remote MAC sounds much better.
> > >=20
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> > The netpoll patch I provided was specifically for the auto=20
> detection=20
> > of the MAC address.  It probably was not clear that is what=20
> the patch=20
> > was designed to do.  I specifically made it separate from=20
> the kgdboe=20
> > patch because it required a change to the netpoll api so as to pass=20
> > the skb which contained the information.
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> > The way the patch works is that if you don't specify a MAC=20
> address, it=20
> > does the auto detection.  If you do specify a MAC address=20
> it does not=20
> > do any sort of detection.
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> Has this been sent to Matt Mackall <mp...@se...>?  I'd=20
> also really rather pull this in via updating to 2.6.12 than=20
> keep it around :) Thanks.
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> Tom Rini
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