netdev - Re: [PATCH] HSO: add option hso driver

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Message-ID: <482A23B8.7050705@pobox.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 May 2008 19:26:48 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Bird <ajb@...eresystems.co.uk>,
	Javier Marcet <javier@...usbeck.org>,
	Filip Aben <f.aben@...ion.com>,
	Paulius Zaleckas <paulius.zaleckas@...tonika.lt>,
	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HSO: add option hso driver

Alan Cox wrote:
>> Jeff, please queue this up for 2.6.27 if there are no problems that you
>> can see.  It has been in the linux-next tree for a while, and many users
>> are reporting that it is working for them.
>>
>> Or if you feel it's ok for 2.6.26, I will not object to that either :)
> 
> Can we get it into 2.6.26 - its a driver for new hardware and the driver
> is going to get a clean up for 2.6.27 anyway.
> 
> Comments below are minor and I don't think blockers
> 
> So for the serial side
> 
> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>

AFAIK new drivers are OK post-rc1, since no possibility of regression 
and it enables new users.

However, an exception to that might be a super-huge driver slipped in at 
the last minute with no review (clearly not the case here)

	Jeff



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