Re: [patch 37/37] sky2: version 1.6.1

Pavel Machek
2006-09-07T21:04:10Z

Hi!

> > > -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> > >
> > > ------------------
> > > From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
> > >
> > > Since this code incorporates some of the fixes from 2.6.18, change
> > > the version number.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
> > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> >
> > Not sure, one of 'stable' criteria is 'fixes bad bug'. What bug does
> > this fix?
>
> The previous 5 patches changed this driver, so changing the version
> number of it is acceptable to me.

Well... I agree that version change is understandable, but it will be
also surprising for the users, and stable rules were quite strict with
"must fix obvious bug"...
Pavel
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