Re: [PATCH 1/2] cciss: version update, new hw

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On Mon, Sep 11 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:31:26 -0500
> "Mike Miller (OS Dev)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > This patch adds support for new hardware and bumps the version to 3.6.10. It
> > seems there were several changes introduced including soft_irq. I decided
> > to bump the major number to reflect these changes. Since we're still 
> > supporting older vendor kernels I need some way differenciate between kernel
> > versions <=2.6.10 and newer kernels >=2.6.16. 
> > I hate to send this in -rc6 but it seems like 2.6.18 is having a tough time
> > getting out the gate. Please consider this for inclusion.
> 
> Adding a new device ID is a bit of a no-brainer - in fact bumping the
> version number seems more risky than adding a device ID.
> 
> I'd be OK with a 2.6.18 merge, and shall send it into Linus unless Jens
> nacks it, or gets there first.

Do just send it on for 2.6.18, it has my acked-by.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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