Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755869AbYGOHh0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:37:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753860AbYGOHhM (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:37:12 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:54149 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753352AbYGOHhL (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:37:11 -0400 Subject: Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. From: David Woodhouse To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Linus Torvalds , Arjan van de Ven , Andrew Morton , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <487C500F.8000109@garzik.org> References: <1216077806.27455.85.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <20080714164119.99c33d5b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080714165956.7fe2d4ee@infradead.org> <487C0365.5030203@garzik.org> <487C09EB.1050903@garzik.org> <487C1648.5070409@garzik.org> <487C500F.8000109@garzik.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:36:58 -0700 Message-Id: <1216107418.27455.236.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.2 (2.22.2-2.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 984 Lines: 24 On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 03:21 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > * forced a flag day build process change upon all distros/builders who > switch to >= 2.6.27. no build script updates == non-working drivers. Jeff, we don't usually call it a 'flag day' when it's just the normal and uninteresting case that you update the upstream version of the package, and you need minor tweaks to how you package it. That happens all the time. A general rule of thumb is to stop drinking at least 4 hours before undertaking a full version upgrade of _any_ package you maintain. You could argue that converting a wireless driver to use mac80211 would break ipkg distributions too. And call that a 'flag day'. But that would be silly. Wouldn't it? -- dwmw2 -- 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/