On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 6:03 AM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > > Good news, the vboxguest driver has been queued for > upstream merging in char-misc-next. This just happened > so I want to wait for a couple of days to make sure > they stick and they do not get reverted for some reason. Nice job! That's been needed a long time and I'm really happy to see your success in getting them upstream. > Then I would like to add them as downstream patches > to the rawhide kernels for now, they can be dropped > once we rebase to 4.16. > > So as always when making non trivial changes, my > question to the Fedora kernel team is, is adding > these as downstream patches ok? I have no strong opinion, but I'm curious why we wouldn't just wait for 4.16. That seems like a natural sync point so that everyone that provides this driver as a kmod simply stops when the first 4.16 merge window kernel lands. Adding them now means more coordination for users and kmod builders and I wonder if that will cause confusion. josh _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list -- kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kernel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
