Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 May 2007 14:14:44 -0400 | From | Chuck Ebbert <> | Subject | [stable] Wanted: Allow adding new device IDs during the -stable cycle |
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I'd like to propose we allow adding new device IDs as part of the -stable process, but only under certain conditions:
1) Each device (or group of devices) gets added as a separate patch, i.e. we don't just diff the device tables. This way each original patch that added the device(s) upstream will be become a single patch for -stable.
2) Devices that require new features/capabilities in their driver won't be added.
Candidate patches would be something like these, which together add support for the ATI SB700 ATA controller:
1) http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=823777181b4c0200923dcb026efa5b37f55c0ecf
Adds ATI sb700 quirk, using exactly the same one as sb600.
2) http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2bcfdde6767f2f07891d2753c25220012fe5e6d2
Adds the new device to the existing driver's device ID table.
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