Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 May 2007 17:25:34 -0700 | From | Chris Wright <> | Subject | Re: [stable] Wanted: Allow adding new device IDs during the -stable cycle |
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* Jeff Garzik (jeff@garzik.org) wrote: > Chris Wright wrote: > >2) In theory new hardware can seem to work with a simple PCI ID > >update, and later we find it needs extra quirk handling or specific > >driver support. This could mean adding buggy support for new hardware > >to -stable. In practice, hopefully this isn't a real issue. > > No need to worry about theory. Since you are (or should be???) taking > stuff solely from upstream, you should already know what is needed, or not.
Yup, it's definitely handwavy. If it's a problem we can address it then.
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