linux-kernel - Re: Areca arcmsr kernel integration for 2.6.18?

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Message-ID: <20060824002020.GH19810@stusta.de>
Date:	Thu, 24 Aug 2006 02:20:20 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Dax Kelson <dax@...ulabs.com>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...elEye.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Theodore Bullock <tbullock@...tel.com>, robm@...tmail.fm,
	brong@...tmail.fm, erich@...ca.com.tw, greg@...ah.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Areca arcmsr kernel integration for 2.6.18?

On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 05:25:51PM -0600, Dax Kelson wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 10:53 -0400, James Bottomley wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 20:03 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > > Ok, so how does this go from here into the mainline kernel?
> > > 
> > > James has moved the driver into the scsi-misc tree, so I assume he has
> > > 2.6.19 plans for it.
> > 
> > Yes, that's the usual path for scsi-misc.
> > 
> > James
> 
> It would be great if the arcmsr driver could be included in 2.6.18 so it
> can make into all the new distro releases that will be happening the
> last 3-4 months of the year.
> 
> It is completely self contained and it isn't changing any existing code
> (ergo it can't break anything) so I believe there is quite a bit of
> precedence for "late" inclusion in 2.6.18?
>...

It would for sure create a bad example for other people trying to get
code merged outside the merge window...

> Dax Kelson

cu
Adrian

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