Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:45358 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753961AbYIHVAe (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2008 17:00:34 -0400 Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 16:54:59 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Larry Finger Cc: Greg KH , Michael Buesch , Tim Gardner , bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] b43legacy: Fix failure in rate-adjustment mechanism Message-ID: <20080908205459.GC24557@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20080908_230037_772941_04A52C83) References: <48c2fb5a.JqLELi8PJxjxmDaY%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <200809070040.04300.mb@bu3sch.de> <20080908053155.GI4099@kroah.com> <48C55153.3070309@lwfinger.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <48C55153.3070309@lwfinger.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 11:22:43AM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > Greg KH wrote: >> >> Bug fixes, not new features, it's pretty simple :) > > Just bug fixes, or does it have to be a regression? As I understand it, the rule is more like "bug fixes that are committed in the linux-2.6 tree". Since Linus has become more strict about requiring "regressions only" after the merge window, that effectively enforces the "regressions only" rule on the -stable trees as well. John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com