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.uytterhoe...@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 _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
