From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757026AbYBWXxa (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:53:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754863AbYBWXxT (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:53:19 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:44115 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754766AbYBWXxS (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:53:18 -0500 Message-ID: <47C0B1EA.4010400@garzik.org> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:53:14 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Morton CC: Linus Torvalds , James Bottomley , linux-scsi , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] scsi fixes for 2.6.25-rc2 References: <1203779614.3139.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <47C08134.2030205@garzik.org> <20080223124445.db779e3c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20080223124445.db779e3c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.2.3 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andrew Morton wrote: > On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:31:02 -0800 (PST) Linus Torvalds wrote: > >> >> On Sat, 23 Feb 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote: >>> I know I am probably shooting myself in the foot here, since I am the original >>> author of mvsas, but... >>> >>> Should we be adding new drivers during -rc? >> I'm personally of the opinion that a new driver that doesn't add anything >> but itself (ie no infrastructure changes etc) is fine. I'd rather have a >> new, rough driver that might work, than no driver at all, and it's not >> like it can cause a regression if you don't enable it. >> > > Yes, I too think that adding new standalone code in late -rc is OK. ACK, thanks! Jeff