linux-kernel - [PATCH] Update stable tree documentation

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Message-ID: <20081024141042.GB2299@yoda.jdub.homelinux.org>
Date:	Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:10:42 -0400
From:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	greg@...ah.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Update stable tree documentation

Update the documentation for the stable tree rules to reflect
that device IDs and quirks are also suitable for -stable
kernels.

Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

---

diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
index 4cfc788..a452227 100644
--- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
    marked CONFIG_BROKEN), an oops, a hang, data corruption, a real
    security issue, or some "oh, that's not good" issue.  In short, something
    critical.
+ - New device IDs and quirks are also accepted.
  - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the
    race can be exploited is also provided.
  - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes,
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