Re: [stable] Wanted: Allow adding new device IDs during the -stable cycle
- From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 15:04:08 -0400
Greg KH wrote:
What's wrong with the current sysfs way of adding new device ids without
touching the kernel? Devices described above was the very reason we
added that functionality, so users would not have to constantly update
their kernel. The distros provide userspace tools that enable these ids
to be added and at boot time, everything "just works" properly.
I haven't found a single distro that (a) makes it trivial to add PCI IDs at install time, and then (b) ensures those PCI IDs remain persistent for each boot. We are not at all to the "just works" stage yet.
So, because of that, I don't really see a need to be adding new device
ids to the -stable tree.
Maybe you are just not seeing all the developers that keep bringing this up??
Really, it is just silly to think that one-line PCI IDs patches will cause any harm at all, and it should be self-evident that there is clear potential to HELP Linux users. That's why we're all here, right?
Jeff
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