Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] [GIT PATCHES] V4L/DVB updates

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>]

> > I have tested these patches with 2.6.20-mh1 + v4l-dvb-b5be3479f070 patchset.
> > I also tried 2.6.21-rc6 + v4l-dvb-b5be3479f070 patchset and this combination 
> > also works without OOPS.
> >   
> Yes, that shows that the changesets prevent the oops, but it says
> nothing about vanilla 2.6.20.y
> > Winfast dongles are both dvb-usb based (DiBcom 3000M-C and DiBcom DiB7000P), 
> > but pluto2 is cardbus (pci) based.
> >   
> just as I figured.  The pluto2 test results are great to hear, though --
> thank you.
> > I think we can include these patches into 2.6.21 and if we receive any 
> > problem, we still have 2.6.21.Z for fixing, don't we?
> 
> The stable kernel series is not there for that purpose.  It is not there
> to encourage a rush of patches into a final kernel release, only to
> cause potential problems, with the 2.6.x.y series as a fallback for
> fixes.  We should avoid the need for such last-minute fixes wherever
> possible.
For sure we should do the best to avoid regressions. But, IMO, a driver
for a hotpluggable device (USB) that can't support device hot plug is a
serious issue. 

If nobody have an issue pointing regressions on this, we should really
apply the fix for 2.6.21.

-- 
Cheers,
Mauro