Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 May 2008 19:26:48 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] HSO: add option hso driver |
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Alan Cox wrote: >> Jeff, please queue this up for 2.6.27 if there are no problems that you >> can see. It has been in the linux-next tree for a while, and many users >> are reporting that it is working for them. >> >> Or if you feel it's ok for 2.6.26, I will not object to that either :) > > Can we get it into 2.6.26 - its a driver for new hardware and the driver > is going to get a clean up for 2.6.27 anyway. > > Comments below are minor and I don't think blockers > > So for the serial side > > Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
AFAIK new drivers are OK post-rc1, since no possibility of regression and it enables new users.
However, an exception to that might be a super-huge driver slipped in at the last minute with no review (clearly not the case here)
Jeff
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