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Message-ID: <20070523002534.GB3390@sequoia.sous-sol.org>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 17:25:34 -0700
From: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [stable] Wanted: Allow adding new device IDs during the
-stable cycle
* Jeff Garzik (jeff@...zik.org) wrote:
> Chris Wright wrote:
> >2) In theory new hardware can seem to work with a simple PCI ID
> >update, and later we find it needs extra quirk handling or specific
> >driver support. This could mean adding buggy support for new hardware
> >to -stable. In practice, hopefully this isn't a real issue.
>
> No need to worry about theory. Since you are (or should be???) taking
> stuff solely from upstream, you should already know what is needed, or not.
Yup, it's definitely handwavy. If it's a problem we can address it then.
thanks,
-chris
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