Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:02:54 +0300 | From | Kir Kolyshkin <> | Subject | Re: [Devel] Re: Which of the virtualization approaches is more suitable for kernel? |
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Eric W. Biederman wrote: >>Back to the topic. If you (or somebody else) wants to see the real size of >>things, take a look at broken-out patch set, available from >>http://download.openvz.org/kernel/broken-out/. Here (2.6.15-025stab014.1 kernel) >>we see that it all boils down to: > > > Thanks. This is the first indication I have seen that you even have broken-out > patches.
When Kirill Korovaev announced OpenVZ patch set on LKML (two times -- initially and for 2.6.15), he gave the links to the broken-out patch set, both times.
> Why those aren't in your source rpms is beyond me.
That reflects our internal organization: we have a core virtualization team which comes up with a core patch (combining all the stuff), and a maintenance team which can add some extra patches (driver updates, some bugfixes). So that extra patches comes up as a separate patches in src.rpms, while virtualization stuff comes up as a single patch. That way it is easier for our maintainters group.
Sure we understand this is not convenient for developers who want to look at our code -- and thus we provide broken-out kernel patch sets from time to time (not for every release, as it requires some effort from Kirill, who is really buzy anyway). So, if you want this for a specific kernel -- just ask.
I understand that this might look strange, but again, this reflects our internal development structure.
> Everything > seems to have been posted in a 2-3 day window at the end of January and the > beginning of February. Is this something you are now providing?
Again, yes, occasionally from time to time, or upon request.
> Shakes head. You have a patch in broken-out that is 817K. Do you really > maintain it this way as one giant patch?
In that version I took (025stab014) it was indeed as one big patch, and I believe Kirill maintains it that way.
Previous kernel version (025stab012) was more fine-grained, take a look at http://download.openvz.org/kernel/broken-out/2.6.15-025stab012.1
> Please let's not get side tracked playing whose patch is bigger.
Absolutely agree!
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