Re: [PATCH v2] gpio: davinci: fix gpio selection for OF

[Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de>]

Am 14.03.2014 14:54, schrieb Linus Walleij:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de> wrote:
>
>>> In that case it is hardly a fix that we need to rush out to the entire
>>> world.
>>
>> And I thought the reason for -rc is actually to fix bugs. But I never
>> understood the magical ways and timings patches make their way into
>> mainline. ;)
>
> OK so it works like this: early in the -rc cycle we fix any bugs, documentation
> or whatever. At this point it's *regressions* so the fix need to fix something
> that broke in the merge window (or an earlier merge window).

Sorry, but I don't believe that. It's always time to fix regressions and 
bugs.

> If it is a new feature that never worked in the first place I would
> not call that
> a regression. There are no existing users out there that can experience
> regressions from a previously working system.

I believe that no (stable) kernel should introduce new known bugs (if 
fixes are available) and I wouldn't make a difference if it's a new 
feature or not. Usually people don't care if something is new or not if 
it has bugs

Anyway, I'm just curious and try to understand, I have a fix. ;)

Regards,

Alexander Holler