From: David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4: Back-port of pl2303.c from 2.6.24.1
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:03:50 +1030 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47BE267E.3070508@davidnewall.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080221213345.GB24191@kroah.com>
Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:00:58PM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:
>
>> I too agree to merge, it especially since it fixed several problems
>> for David. However, I would like to know first if the same problems
>> also happen with the 2.6 driver or if it is OK. The risk is getting
>> 2.4 fixed and not 2.6, which could cause regressions for people upgrading
>> from 2.4 to 2.6. Of course, a regression on a USB-serial adapter is
>> not dramatic, but it's a general principle to keep in mind that 2.6
>> should be safe (or at least actively being fixed) when merging driver
>> changes in 2.4.
>>
>
> As far as I can tell, this was a backport of the current 2.6 driver, so
> it should not have fixes that are not already in 2.6.
>
> David, is that true?
>
That is true.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-22 1:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-26 0:50 [PATCH] 2.4: Back-port of pl2303.c from 2.6.23.14 David Newall
2008-02-02 7:44 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-02-02 13:11 ` David Newall
2008-02-02 14:57 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-02-21 20:21 ` [PATCH] 2.4: Back-port of pl2303.c from 2.6.24.1 David Newall
2008-02-21 20:30 ` David Newall
2008-02-21 20:36 ` Greg KH
2008-02-21 21:00 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-02-21 21:33 ` Greg KH
2008-02-22 1:33 ` David Newall [this message]
2008-02-22 10:02 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-02-22 17:47 ` Gene Heskett
2008-03-19 14:24 ` David Newall
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