From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934897AbXEVSPA (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 May 2007 14:15:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757885AbXEVSOx (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 May 2007 14:14:53 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:38178 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756407AbXEVSOw (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 May 2007 14:14:52 -0400 Message-ID: <46533314.10206@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 14:14:44 -0400 From: Chuck Ebbert Organization: Red Hat User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel CC: Greg KH , Chris Wright Subject: [stable] Wanted: Allow adding new device IDs during the -stable cycle Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I'd like to propose we allow adding new device IDs as part of the -stable process, but only under certain conditions: 1) Each device (or group of devices) gets added as a separate patch, i.e. we don't just diff the device tables. This way each original patch that added the device(s) upstream will be become a single patch for -stable. 2) Devices that require new features/capabilities in their driver won't be added. Candidate patches would be something like these, which together add support for the ATI SB700 ATA controller: 1) http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=823777181b4c0200923dcb026efa5b37f55c0ecf Adds ATI sb700 quirk, using exactly the same one as sb600. 2) http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2bcfdde6767f2f07891d2753c25220012fe5e6d2 Adds the new device to the existing driver's device ID table.