Return-path: Received: from mail-pz0-f46.google.com ([209.85.210.46]:51465 "EHLO mail-pz0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751768Ab2HaCUS (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:20:18 -0400 Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:21:15 -0700 From: Jonathan Nieder To: Gertjan van Wingerde Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, "John W. Linville" , users@rt2x00.serialmonkey.com, Ivo van Doorn , Helmut Schaa , stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/14] rt2x00: Align rt2400pci GPIOCSR definition with datasheet. Message-ID: <20120831022115.GB2847@mannheim-rule.att.net> (sfid-20120831_042102_026179_0BCB382D) References: <1346355248-5331-1-git-send-email-gwingerde@gmail.com> <1346355248-5331-2-git-send-email-gwingerde@gmail.com> <1346355248-5331-3-git-send-email-gwingerde@gmail.com> <20120830210522.GA158@mannheim-rule.att.net> <503FD633.8070307@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <503FD633.8070307@gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Gertjan van Wingerde wrote: > I guess it could be split up, but I don't see the point. Technically > this patch is not needed in stable, but the next patch in the series > depends on this one and that one is targeted at stable, so therefore > this one is targeted at stable as well. If I were to reroll the series without unnecessary changes, would that be useful to you? The whole point of point releases is to fix bugs while avoiding pointless changes, providing a stable codebase that is easy to build on and keeping the volume of new changes to sift through when regressions are introduced low. Thanks, Jonathan