Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:20:37 +0200
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.16.30-pre1
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On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 10:12:55AM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > > > Andrew Burri:
> > > >       V4L/DVB: Add support for Kworld ATSC110
> > > > 
> > > > Curt Meyers:
> > > >       V4L/DVB: KWorld ATSC110: implement set_pll_input
> > > >       V4L/DVB: Kworld ATSC110: enable composite and svideo inputs
> > > >       V4L/DVB: Kworld ATSC110: initialize the tuner for analog mode on module load
> > > > 
> > > > Giampiero Giancipoli:
> > > >       V4L/DVB: Added support for the LifeView FlyDVB-T LR301 card
> > > > 
> > > > Hartmut Hackmann:
> > > >       V4L/DVB: Added support for the ADS Instant TV DUO Cardbus PTV331
> > > >       V4L/DVB: Added PCI IDs of 2 LifeView Cards
> > > >       V4L/DVB: Corrected CVBS input for the AVERMEDIA 777 DVB-T
> > > >       V4L/DVB: Added support for the new Lifeview hybrid cardbus modules
> > > >       V4L/DVB: TDA10046 Driver update
> > > >       V4L/DVB: TDA8290 update
> > > > 
> > > > Peter Hartshorn:
> > > >       V4L/DVB: Added support for the Tevion DVB-T 220RF card
> > > 
> > > Hm, all of these patches seems like these are new features being
> > > backported to the 2.6.16.y kernel, which is not really allowed under the
> > > current -stable rules.
> > > 
> > > Or are these patches just bugfixes that fix with the current -stable
> > > rules?
> > 
> > They add support for additional hardware to the saa7134 driver.
> > 
> > If you look at the actual diff there's not much that could cause any 
> > regression since nearly all of these change don't change anything for 
> > the already supported cards.
> > 
> > As long as there's not a serious risk of regressions, such additions are 
> > welcome in 2.6.16.
> 
> I believe you should not do that. Maybe risk of regression is small,
> but risk of adding non-working driver is not,

If it didn't work before and doesn't work after, nothing changed.

> and goal of -stable is
> to be stable, not to have feature-of-the-day.

No disagreement.

> 						Pavel

cu
Adrian

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