From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753451AbXEXUo6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 May 2007 16:44:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751386AbXEXUol (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 May 2007 16:44:41 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:47613 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751190AbXEXUok (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 May 2007 16:44:40 -0400 Message-ID: <4655F932.20006@garzik.org> Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 16:44:34 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Hollis CC: Greg KH , Dave Jones , Chuck Ebbert , linux-kernel , Chris Wright Subject: Re: [stable] Wanted: Allow adding new device IDs during the -stable cycle References: <46533314.10206@redhat.com> <20070522184733.GA9357@kroah.com> <46533EA8.7020602@garzik.org> <20070522193538.GA885@kroah.com> <20070522195135.GG12157@redhat.com> <20070522221718.GC2302@kroah.com> <1179969655.4489.3.camel@dhollis-lnx.sunera.com> In-Reply-To: <1179969655.4489.3.camel@dhollis-lnx.sunera.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.8 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org David Hollis wrote: > With the asix.c driver, you can't just add the USB IDs and have it work. > Each ID also needs to be told which driver structure to use, since the > driver itself supports three similar, but distinct chips. Adding the > IDs to the driver itself is naturally trivial, but adding via sysfs or > the like doesn't work. I would imagine that there are other drivers > that operate quite similarly. As is evident from the patches that do upstream (a requirement for -stable), it depends on the driver. Some drivers work just fine with a simple ID addition. Review the thread, we are just talking about the patches where adding an ID is the only work necessary. Jeff