Re: [stable] to something appropriate (was Re: 2.6.22 -mm merge plans)

[Chuck Ebbert]

Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 08:45:25PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> Chris Wright wrote:
>>> 2) you can add them
>>> runtime in userspace (and for pcmcia too after patch in question is
>>> applied), so we've historically avoided that kind of patch for -stable.
>>
>> Due to distro installer environments, and very poor support for making 
>> dynamic PCI IDs persistent once added, what you describe is more of a 
>> goal than reality.
> 
> But distros can easily add the device id to their kernel if needed, it
> isn't something that the -stable tree shoud be accepting.  Otherwise, we
> will be swamped with those types of patches...
> 

Oh sure, leave the distros swamped with them instead. :)

And they all have to do it separately, meaning they don't stay in sync
and they duplicate each other's work...

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