Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 May 2007 16:44:34 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [stable] Wanted: Allow adding new device IDs during the -stable cycle |
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David Hollis wrote: > With the asix.c driver, you can't just add the USB IDs and have it work. > Each ID also needs to be told which driver structure to use, since the > driver itself supports three similar, but distinct chips. Adding the > IDs to the driver itself is naturally trivial, but adding via sysfs or > the like doesn't work. I would imagine that there are other drivers > that operate quite similarly.
As is evident from the patches that do upstream (a requirement for -stable), it depends on the driver. Some drivers work just fine with a simple ID addition.
Review the thread, we are just talking about the patches where adding an ID is the only work necessary.
Jeff
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