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authorJosh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2008-10-24 10:10:42 -0400
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2008-10-29 15:03:49 -0700
commit79cd80a1d9a4e13c150ba43f140f18b202adce65 (patch)
treedae035eefd2efb1504558ca29cb0d02e87a33783 /Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
parent4e318d7c6c9dd5cdae48bcf61558bbc0c09b12ac (diff)
Update stable tree documentation
Update the documentation for the stable tree rules to reflect that device IDs and quirks are also suitable for -stable kernels. Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
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@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
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.
+ - New device IDs and quirks are also accepted.
- No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the
race can be exploited is also provided.
- It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes,