Hi Christoph,
On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 10:11 AM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 10:03:12AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> > That would be cool. Would that still be in time for the 4.17 merge?
>>
>> Nope, as new drivers need to be in linux-next before the merge window opens.
>
> I always throught that entirely new drivers were an exception to that.
Aren't you confusing this with the new device ID rules for stable?
It's debatable, and thus up to the maintainer...
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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