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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 18:03:49 -0400
commit79cd80a1d9a4e13c150ba43f140f18b202adce65 (patch)
treedae035eefd2efb1504558ca29cb0d02e87a33783 /Documentation
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
index 4cfc78835bc1..a452227361b1 100644
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@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
12 marked CONFIG_BROKEN), an oops, a hang, data corruption, a real 12 marked CONFIG_BROKEN), an oops, a hang, data corruption, a real
13 security issue, or some "oh, that's not good" issue. In short, something 13 security issue, or some "oh, that's not good" issue. In short, something
14 critical. 14 critical.
15 - New device IDs and quirks are also accepted.
15 - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the 16 - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the
16 race can be exploited is also provided. 17 race can be exploited is also provided.
17 - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, 18 - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes,