Re: [stable] Wanted: Allow adding new device IDs during the -stablecycle

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Thu May 24 2007 - 06:07:11 EST


Pavel Machek wrote:
Well, in 2.6.73.1 we add 'trivial' one line to add new pci id, and in
2.6.73.2 we have data corruption, because that driver needed some
quirk we did not know about...?

False argument. -stable should only be merging patches that are already upstream, and known.

Jeff


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