Patch for Keyspan USB-serial adapter...

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 10:24:30PM -0800, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:39:10 -0600
> Randy Zagar <jrzagar at cactus.org> wrote:
> 
> > The attached patch files include changes to the kernel-2.4.spec file and
> > a patch file from the vendor:
> > 
> >     http://www.keyspan.com/support/linux/files/currentversion/patch/
> 
> I always turn such things down unless there's an overriding reason to
> include them. Every patch, no matter how correct or benign, adds maintenance
> burden. IMHO, it is even more justified in case of Fedora, because of
> Fedora's short release cycle.
> 
> The correct way to handle this patch is
>  1) to identify a champion for the issue. Sometimes it's a user, but
>     often a vendor. If Keyspan cannot be arsed to
>     perform the rest of the steps, users have to step in.
>  2) to file upstream, in this case linux-usb-devel

I'm pretty sure this change is already in the latest 2.4 kernel.  Randy,
can you verify this?

If not, I really need to know.

thanks,

greg k-h