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

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Message-ID: <20070522221533.GB2302@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 22 May 2007 15:15:33 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
Subject: Re: [stable] Wanted: Allow adding new device IDs during the
	-stable cycle

On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 04:24:04PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>  Greg KH wrote:
> > Well, SuSE handles this just fine, but I do notice that RHEL 5 disables
> > the new_id stuff entirely, so I can see why you might get this
> > impression :)
> 
>  I looked at distros other than those produced by my employer.
> 
>  Apparently you did not.
> 
>  This is not how we best serve Linux users.

See that ":)" above?

Anyway, I'm pretty sure that Ubuntu also handles new device ids through
sysfs, or so I was told once, but I don't have a box to test that out
on.  Oh, and Dell has some userspace tools that also use this interface
for adding new ids.

thanks,

greg k-h
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