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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:01:23 +0200
From: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: [05/11] SMP fix for 6pack driver
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Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> :
> -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> 
> Drivers really only work well in SMP if they actually can be selected.
> This is a leftover from the time when the 6pack drive only used to be
> a bitrotten variant of the slip driver.

Is the guideline above from 28/04/2005 obsoleted ?

 - It must fix a problem that causes a build error (but not for things
   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.

--
Ueimor