On Thu, 18 Oct 2012, Richard Cochran wrote:

I *do* mind if y'all go merging all kinds of code that has never been
tested. Those who submit and their reviewers should ensure that the
code is actually working. Before buying hardware or starting projects,
I often check what is in mainline. I expect that mainline has been at
least minimally tested.

Maybe that is just me, or maybe people working on the ARM tree have
different expectations.

Any complaints or assumptions you might have in that regard should be 
directed towards the netdev folks, since they're the ones who merged this 
driver.

- Paul