lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2007]   [May]   [22]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
Subject[stable] Wanted: Allow adding new device IDs during the -stable cycle
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.

-
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/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2007-05-22 20:17    [W:0.083 / U:0.152 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site