Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:04:53 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] usb-serial: Sierra driver - add devices and update dtr |
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On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 09:21:32AM -0800, Kevin Lloyd wrote: > > Hm, no, the intrusion into the driver is just too much this late in > the > > release cycle to allow this. > > > > Now I will be glad to only add the new device ids for the devices that > > do not rely on the new changes right now, but that's it. > > > > So, right now I have a separate patch split out of your original one > > that is below. Should I modify it and not include some of these > device > > ids right now? You mention 0023, is that the only one I should remove > > from this patch? > > Correct, the 0x0023 is the only newly added device that requires the new > features.
Does that mean things will not work for this device if it is added to the device table, without the code updates?
And is this device even public yet?
> When do you expect the other changes will be propagated to the kernel? > Would it be in a 2.6.24.x point release or will they have to wait until > 2.6.25?
They will have to wait until 2.6.25, they are too big to go into 2.6.24 (we are in severe bug-fix mode only right now for .24).
thanks,
greg k-h
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