From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261908AbVFGPgo (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:36:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261914AbVFGP1G (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:27:06 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:20423 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261901AbVFGPB6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:01:58 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 08:01:30 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Abhay_Salunke@Dell.com Cc: marcel@holtmann.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, Matt_Domsch@Dell.com Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.12-rc3] dell_rbu: Resubmitting patch for new DellBIOS update driver Message-ID: <20050607150130.GA14362@kroah.com> References: <367215741E167A4CA813C8F12CE0143B3ED3B0@ausx2kmpc115.aus.amer.dell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <367215741E167A4CA813C8F12CE0143B3ED3B0@ausx2kmpc115.aus.amer.dell.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 09:47:47AM -0500, Abhay_Salunke@Dell.com wrote: > > Why not fix the firmware_class.c code now? :) > I am working on a solution for this; so yes, I will submit a patch to > enhance firmware_class.c code. Good. > Mean while the driver sent earlier is tested and working on current > version of 2.6 kernel and we have tested it with various distros based > on 2.6 kernel. Changing the kernel and making the driver dependent on > the new code will make the driver not work on the current kernels which > the users have. Drivers are tightly bound to kernel versions. Nothing new there. > This will make driver non functional on current 2.6 kernels and will be > an issue if users don't want to upgrade their kernels but just want the > driver to update BIOS. Then persuade the distros to accept your current version. That's not our issue :) thanks, greg k-h