From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932279AbXDQDnL (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:43:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932514AbXDQDnL (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:43:11 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:52100 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932279AbXDQDnK (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:43:10 -0400 Subject: Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] [GIT PATCHES] V4L/DVB updates From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab To: Michael Krufky Cc: CIJOML , Adrian Bunk , video4linux-list@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-dvb-maintainer@linuxtv.org, Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds In-Reply-To: <4623A391.9060604@linuxtv.org> References: <1176653207.10849.5.camel@localhost> <20070416141535.GB10338@stusta.de> <462397A0.4040603@linuxtv.org> <200704161818.26686.cijoml@volny.cz> <4623A391.9060604@linuxtv.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:42:23 -0300 Message-Id: <1176781343.1459.44.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.0-5mdv2007.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.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