Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762935AbYBWUbV (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:31:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761348AbYBWUbL (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:31:11 -0500 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.13]:40819 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759854AbYBWUbJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:31:09 -0500 Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:31:02 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Jeff Garzik cc: James Bottomley , Andrew Morton , linux-scsi , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] scsi fixes for 2.6.25-rc2 In-Reply-To: <47C08134.2030205@garzik.org> Message-ID: References: <1203779614.3139.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <47C08134.2030205@garzik.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (LFD 882 2007-12-20) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 732 Lines: 20 On Sat, 23 Feb 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > I know I am probably shooting myself in the foot here, since I am the original > author of mvsas, but... > > Should we be adding new drivers during -rc? I'm personally of the opinion that a new driver that doesn't add anything but itself (ie no infrastructure changes etc) is fine. I'd rather have a new, rough driver that might work, than no driver at all, and it's not like it can cause a regression if you don't enable it. Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/