On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 08:45:25PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Chris Wright wrote: > > 2) you can add them > > runtime in userspace (and for pcmcia too after patch in question is > > applied), so we've historically avoided that kind of patch for -stable. > > > Due to distro installer environments, and very poor support for making > dynamic PCI IDs persistent once added, what you describe is more of a > goal than reality.
But distros can easily add the device id to their kernel if needed, it isn't something that the -stable tree shoud be accepting. Otherwise, we will be swamped with those types of patches... thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
