Re: [PATCH 00/11] Atari Ethernet/USB patch series - for upstream and debian-kernel

Wouter Verhelst
2013-03-26T08:56:27Z

On 25-03-13 18:53, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Michael Schmitz dixit:
>
>> This patch series should be suitable for inclusion in the debian/68k kernel
>> packages (if policy allows).
>
> Sadly, policy allows only stuff that’s in Linus’ tree.

Nothing says we can't put a kernel with those patches into unreleased
(or what was it called again?) for the time being...

> But once it went upstream, we can just build a bleeding
> edge kernel from Debian/experimental with no amount of
> manual fiddling required.

That also works, I suppose.

> It just won’t go into the stable kernel. But it’s no
> regression, as the old driver was never in it either…

Indeed.

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