Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754589AbZCKPiI (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:38:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752952AbZCKPhz (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:37:55 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:43075 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752807AbZCKPhz (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:37:55 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:36:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds X-X-Sender: torvalds@localhost.localdomain To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , linuxppc-dev list , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel list , Geoff Levand Subject: Re: [git pull] Please pull powerpc.git merge branch In-Reply-To: <1236769025.7086.46.camel@pasglop> Message-ID: References: <1236729444.7086.24.camel@pasglop> <1236769025.7086.46.camel@pasglop> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) 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: 685 Lines: 21 On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > I'd like to have Andrew or Linus opinion on doing this driver swap that > late in the process. Quite franklly, no. If it was a totally _new_ driver, there's no chance of regression, which is why we allow those drivers. But switching an old one for a new one does not match that pattern. We can clearly get regressions. As such, we don't do it late in the -rc series. 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/