Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 Feb 2021 11:56:25 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] LEDs chagnes for v5.11-rc |
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Hi!
On Sun 2021-01-31 11:26:42, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 1:43 AM Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote: > > > > This pull is due to "leds: trigger: fix potential deadlock with > > libata" -- people find the warn annoying. It also contains new driver > > (still should be okay late in -rcs, right?) and two trivial fixes. > > I've pulled it, but please don't add new drivers in -rc's. > > Yes, we traditionally accepted them as hardware enablement, but > honestly, our development cycles are so reliable and consistent these > days that it makes very little sense any more.
Ok, makes sense.
> So aim for just new device ID additions rather than new drivers, > unless it's some *hugely* popular hardware that actually causes > problems for people bootstrapping the system (ie things like a disk or > network driver from a major company that is expected to actually be > widely available and an actual issue for people trying to install > Linux on their own).
Well, this is for most important piece of hardware today, PinePhone. Too bad it is only for its flash LED.
Best regards, Pavel -- http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |