Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 17:25:34 -0700
From: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
       Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>,
       linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [stable] Wanted: Allow adding new device IDs during the
	-stable cycle
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* Jeff Garzik (jeff@garzik.org) wrote:
> Chris Wright wrote:
> >2) In theory new hardware can seem to work with a simple PCI ID
> >update, and later we find it needs extra quirk handling or specific
> >driver support.  This could mean adding buggy support for new hardware
> >to -stable.  In practice, hopefully this isn't a real issue.
> 
> No need to worry about theory.  Since you are (or should be???) taking 
> stuff solely from upstream, you should already know what is needed, or not.

Yup, it's definitely handwavy.  If it's a problem we can address it then.

thanks,
-chris
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