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On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 23:03:46 +0200 Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> wrote: > Hi! > > > > > -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. > > > > > > > > ------------------ > > > > From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> > > > > > > > > Since this code incorporates some of the fixes from 2.6.18, change > > > > the version number. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> > > > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> > > > > > > Not sure, one of 'stable' criteria is 'fixes bad bug'. What bug does > > > this fix? > > > > The previous 5 patches changed this driver, so changing the version > > number of it is acceptable to me. > > Well... I agree that version change is understandable, but it will be > also surprising for the users, and stable rules were quite strict with > "must fix obvious bug"... > I get lots of bug reports which are from distro and other kernels that cherrypick code from stable. How am I supposed to know if it is a new or old problem? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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