Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:44:45 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>,
       James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
       linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>,
       linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] scsi fixes for 2.6.25-rc2
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:31:02 -0800 (PST) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> 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.
> 

Yes, I too think that adding new standalone code in late -rc is OK.

Especially drivers, because a new driver is a bugfix for people who own
that hardware!
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