On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 10:03 -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Arjan van de Ven wrote: > >>I consider it not a new feature, but a missing feature, since otherwise > >>user data cannot be accessed in the RAID setups. > > > > > > the same is true for all new hardware drivers and hardware support > > patches. And for new DRM (since new X may need it) and new .. and > > new ... where is the line? > > > > for me a deep maintenance mode is about keeping existing stuff working; > > all new hw support and derivative hardware support (such as this) can be > > pointed at the new stable series... which has been out for quite some > > time now.. > > Red herring. > > 2.4.x has ICH5/6 support -- but is missing the RAID support component. > > We are talking about hardware that is ALREADY supported by 2.4.x kernel, > not new hardware.
I'm talking about derivative hardware support. While this is not technically a hardware device driver, it sure is similar to one. > We are also talking about inability to access data on hardware supported > by 2.4.x, not something that can easily be ignored or papered over with > a compatibility mode. It's a new feature. It's support for a hw related feature not previously supported. Now you can argue if such a new feature is appropriate or not, but I don't see any way of arguing that this is not a new feature. - 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/