Re: [PATCH] HSO: add option hso driver

Jeff Garzik
2008-05-13T23:27:17Z

Alan Cox wrote:
>> Jeff, please queue this up for 2.6.27 if there are no problems that you
>> can see. It has been in the linux-next tree for a while, and many users
>> are reporting that it is working for them.
>>
>> Or if you feel it's ok for 2.6.26, I will not object to that either :)
>
> Can we get it into 2.6.26 - its a driver for new hardware and the driver
> is going to get a clean up for 2.6.27 anyway.
>
> Comments below are minor and I don't think blockers
>
> So for the serial side
>
> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>

AFAIK new drivers are OK post-rc1, since no possibility of regression
and it enables new users.

However, an exception to that might be a super-huge driver slipped in at
the last minute with no review (clearly not the case here)

Jeff