Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754711AbYJXOMc (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:12:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752756AbYJXOMU (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:12:20 -0400 Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.173]:60088 "EHLO wf-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752621AbYJXOMT (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:12:19 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:user-agent:sender; b=pQ3HOX3+7TTrdYI4vndKyb/rMGcYHnLaBBDmfWqKnT6bHxg+jUPwXIwnHV3qi7ml75 SDsJTZYgW5fbYEvo3Adf4NFWesEB6C7FjHPEgawhA+ADijNcKosElxss8+TAo4dUsOlp SRNlWnvvPbFkzfJOHtNk5Ec8cFN/4tGy+XhxA= Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:10:42 -0400 From: Josh Boyer To: greg@kroah.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] Update stable tree documentation Message-ID: <20081024141042.GB2299@yoda.jdub.homelinux.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1136 Lines: 25 Update the documentation for the stable tree rules to reflect that device IDs and quirks are also suitable for -stable kernels. Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer --- diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index 4cfc788..a452227 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the marked CONFIG_BROKEN), an oops, a hang, data corruption, a real security issue, or some "oh, that's not good" issue. In short, something critical. + - New device IDs and quirks are also accepted. - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the race can be exploited is also provided. - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, -- 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/