From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759211AbYJ2XEm (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:04:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757645AbYJ2XDG (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:03:06 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:35898 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756608AbYJ2XDE (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:03:04 -0400 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Josh Boyer , Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Update stable tree documentation Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:58:10 -0700 Message-Id: <1225321092-21933-4-git-send-email-gregkh@suse.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.6.0.2 In-Reply-To: <20081029223824.GB21657@kroah.com> References: <20081029223824.GB21657@kroah.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Josh Boyer Update the documentation for the stable tree rules to reflect that device IDs and quirks are also suitable for -stable kernels. Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index 4cfc788..a452227 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the marked CONFIG_BROKEN), an oops, a hang, data corruption, a real security issue, or some "oh, that's not good" issue. In short, something critical. + - New device IDs and quirks are also accepted. - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the race can be exploited is also provided. - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, -- 1.6.0.2