Messages in this thread | | | From | Blaisorblade <> | Subject | Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 00/11] UBD driver little cleanups for 2.6.19 | Date | Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:23:43 +0100 |
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On Sunday 29 October 2006 21:02, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:17:23 +0100 > > "Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso" <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> wrote: > > Many cleanups for the UBD driver; these are mostly microfixes, I was > > waiting to finish and reorder also locking fixes (the code works, it is > > only to resplit, reproof-read and changelogs must be written) but I > > decided to send these ones for now. The rest will maybe be merged for > > 2.6.20.
> None of this really looks like -rc3 material. Why do you think it's > serious enough to justify late inclusion?
> I'm not particularly fussed about UBD though - if you and Jeff particularly > want this lot in 2.6.19 then the world won't end.
If Jeff is worried about these patches destabilizing UML you can held them out for now (but keep in -mm for 2.6.20), that's absolutely fine for me; however there are a few real bug fixes for error paths and IMHO they are safe enough to merge.
> "[PATCH 03/11] uml ubd driver: var renames" didn't apply due to > dummy_device_release not being present, which doesn't inspire confidence. > What tree are you patching? It's just git HEAD, but earlier little patches cause that conflict. I am sure that the obvious fixup is correct.
I just gave a look to that hunk in the addition log and it looks ok. -- Inform me of my mistakes, so I can keep imitating Homer Simpson's "Doh!". Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade Chiacchiera con i tuoi amici in tempo reale! http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/*http://it.messenger.yahoo.com
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