linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] acerhdf: Added new BIOS versions

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Message-id: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0911251640580.3950@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:43:59 -0500 (EST)
From:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Peter Feuerer <peter@...e.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@...glemail.com>,
	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] acerhdf: Added new BIOS versions

On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Andrew Morton wrote:

> Len, patch 1/2 looks like 2.6.32 material to me?
> 
> Ordinarily I'd consider an add-device-support patch like 2/2 to be
> 2.6.32 material also, but this one looks a bit large and scary for that
> treatment.

Agreed on both points.
I sent the 1st patch up yesterday --
though I've not seen any pulls from Linus today...

The fact that the 1st patch was necessary suggests that this driver
is thinkly tested, and so patch #2 should wait for the merge window
like most patches do.

thanks,
-Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center


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