From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965043AbWILF0v (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:26:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965067AbWILF0v (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:26:51 -0400 Received: from brick.kernel.dk ([62.242.22.158]:11562 "EHLO kernel.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965043AbWILF0u (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:26:50 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:25:07 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Andrew Morton Cc: "Mike Miller (OS Dev)" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vgter.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] cciss: version update, new hw Message-ID: <20060912052507.GF10409@kernel.dk> References: <20060911213126.GA6867@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> <20060911153140.3f2433a9.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060911153140.3f2433a9.akpm@osdl.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Sep 11 2006, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:31:26 -0500 > "Mike Miller (OS Dev)" wrote: > > > This patch adds support for new hardware and bumps the version to 3.6.10. It > > seems there were several changes introduced including soft_irq. I decided > > to bump the major number to reflect these changes. Since we're still > > supporting older vendor kernels I need some way differenciate between kernel > > versions <=2.6.10 and newer kernels >=2.6.16. > > I hate to send this in -rc6 but it seems like 2.6.18 is having a tough time > > getting out the gate. Please consider this for inclusion. > > Adding a new device ID is a bit of a no-brainer - in fact bumping the > version number seems more risky than adding a device ID. > > I'd be OK with a 2.6.18 merge, and shall send it into Linus unless Jens > nacks it, or gets there first. Do just send it on for 2.6.18, it has my acked-by. -- Jens Axboe