Re: [PATCH 0/13] isdn4linux: Siemens Gigaset drivers update

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 08:11:32PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 02:00:24AM +0200, Hansjoerg Lipp wrote:
> > > The following series of patches contains updates to the Siemens Gigaset
> > > drivers suggested by various reviewers on lkml. These should go into
> > > 2.6.17 if at all possible. Please apply in order.
> > 
> > Hm, the big merge window for 2.6.17 is past.  If this is a
> > single-driver-only update, it might be argued that this should be
> > accepted into 2.6.17, but only after it has had a few weeks of testing
> > in -mm.  After a few weeks being in -mm however, it will be too late to
> > go into 2.6.17.
> > 
> > So, is 2.6.18 ok?
> > 
> 
> This driver will be new-in-2.6.17.  Usually after a feature is first merged
> in mainline there will be a string of fairly significant updates from the
> original development team and from others as things get sorted out.
> 
> These patches are almost always good and they're things which we want to
> get into the next release, so I tend to ignore the merging rules in this
> case, particularly around the -rc1-rc2 timeframe when we have lots of
> testing/eyeballing time to go.
> 
> Plus these patches provide things which were supposed to be in the initial
> merge, only nobody told us..

Ah, ok, I didn't realize this was that same driver.  So in that case,
yes, I agree with you, these should go in.

thanks,

greg k-h
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