linux-kernel - Re: RFC: PCI quirks update for 2.6.16

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612101438080.12500@woody.osdl.org>
Date:	Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:39:37 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
To:	Chris Wedgwood <cw@...f.org>
cc:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Sergio Monteiro Basto <sergio@...giomb.no-ip.org>,
	Daniel Ritz <daniel.ritz@....ch>,
	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>,
	Brice Goglin <brice@...i.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Bauke Jan Douma <bjdouma@...all.nl>,
	Tomasz Koprowski <tomek@...rowski.org>, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Subject: Re: RFC: PCI quirks update for 2.6.16



On Sun, 10 Dec 2006, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> 
> > If I remember right, it breaks Chris Wedgwood's box
> 
> I'm not bothered about 2.6.16.x anymore, feel free to do whatever is
> needed there.

That's really not the point.

What's the whole _reason_ for 2.6.x.y releases?

They should be safe, and OBVIOUS. 

If there is a box that breaks with a 2.6.x.y release, then that .y release 
was clearly a mistake, and fundamentally broke the whole point of the 
stable tree. If you can't depend on the stable tree being a real 
improvement - regardless of what hw you are on - then the stable tree has 
lost all meaning, and you'd be better off just getting 2.6.x+1 instead.

		Linus
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