On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 22:25 +0900, Paul Mundt wrote: > > In any case, this patch does not belong in the NFS tree since it touches > > generic library code, not NFS code. Benny, if nobody else wants to > > shepherd it, then just send it directly to Linus. > > > That's a complete cop-out, if there had been no export at all how would > you have proceeded? How is this situation any different? Please see Documentation/SubmittingPatches. If we were requesting a new kernel feature, I'd go looking for the maintainer and get an ACK or get said maintainer to include the patch in their tree. As it is, said kernel feature exists, but is broken. The correct thing to do is to fix the kernel feature. Sooner, rather than later. -- Trond Myklebust Linux NFS client maintainer NetApp Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx www.netapp.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
