Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752503AbZCKPxq (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:53:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750979AbZCKPxh (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:53:37 -0400 Received: from vervifontaine.sonytel.be ([80.88.33.193]:61973 "EHLO vervifontaine.sonycom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750769AbZCKPxh (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:53:37 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:53:34 +0100 (CET) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Linus Torvalds cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt , linuxppc-dev list , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel list , Geoff Levand Subject: Re: [git pull] Please pull powerpc.git merge branch In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1236729444.7086.24.camel@pasglop> <1236769025.7086.46.camel@pasglop> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LRH 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1285 Lines: 41 Hi Linus, On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote: > 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. Are you aware the old one was introduced in 2.6.29-rc1? So there cannot be a regression from 2.6.28 or older. Thanks! With kind regards, Geert Uytterhoeven Software Architect Sony Techsoft Centre Europe The Corporate Village ? Da Vincilaan 7-D1 ? B-1935 Zaventem ? Belgium Phone: +32 (0)2 700 8453 Fax: +32 (0)2 700 8622 E-mail: Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com Internet: http://www.sony-europe.com/ A division of Sony Europe (Belgium) N.V. VAT BE 0413.825.160 ? RPR Brussels Fortis ? BIC GEBABEBB ? IBAN BE41293037680010 -- 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/