Re: RFC: PCI quirks update for 2.6.16

[Linus Torvalds]

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> 
> > If I remember right, it breaks Chris Wedgwood's box
> 
> I'm not bothered about 2.6.16.x anymore, feel free to do whatever is
> needed there.

That's really not the point.

What's the whole _reason_ for 2.6.x.y releases?

They should be safe, and OBVIOUS. 

If there is a box that breaks with a 2.6.x.y release, then that .y release 
was clearly a mistake, and fundamentally broke the whole point of the 
stable tree. If you can't depend on the stable tree being a real 
improvement - regardless of what hw you are on - then the stable tree has 
lost all meaning, and you'd be better off just getting 2.6.x+1 instead.

		Linus
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