linux-kernel - [stable] Wanted: Allow adding new device IDs during the -stable cycle

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Date:	Tue, 22 May 2007 14:14:44 -0400
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
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.

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