Lucid pull request, sfc driver stable updates

[Tim Gardner]

On 06/07/2010 07:07 AM, Stefan Bader wrote:
> On 06/07/2010 02:44 PM, Tim Gardner wrote:
>> On 06/07/2010 06:03 AM, Stefan Bader wrote:
>>> On 06/02/2010 06:45 PM, Tim Gardner wrote:
>>>> Stefan,
>>>>
>>>> Please consider including these 2.6.33.4 stable updates for the sfc
>>>> driver.
>>>>
>>>>   From the maintainer:
>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2010-June/010894.html
>>>>
>>>> For everyone else, note that sfc was backported from 2.6.33.
>>>>
>>>> rtg
>>>
>>> Given that this is on upstream stable for the kernel version that
>>> driver is
>>> based on, I think it is acceptable for SRU. ACK for the patches (with
>>> one more
>>> to go), but could you please create a tracking bug with a short
>>> justification?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Stefan
>>
>> Why not include these patches as a regular part of the stable updates
>> bug, just as you've done for DRM from 2.6.33 ? The sfc patches are no
>> different.
>>
>> rtg
>
> I could do that. But for a fact those are somewhat different in that respect
> that I am not automatically following sfc in 2.6.33. Like the mutlitouch stuff
> which is 2.6.34 (now). And somehow it feels to me that giving this its own
> tracking bug carries the message of this being on its own better than hiding it
> into one of the stable.
> And why not including it generally? This slowly grows a bit into brain damaging
> variety...
>
> Stefan

http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/linux/+bug/590783

-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com