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    SubjectRe: [git pull] x86 arch updates for v2.6.25
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    On Wednesday, 30 January 2008 03:15:50 Ingo Molnar wrote:
    >
    > Linus, please pull the latest x86 git tree from:
    >
    > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86.git
    >
    > Find the shortlog attached below.
    >
    > Most of the changes we have described here:
    >
    > http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/21/230
    >
    > It's not a small merge, it consists of 908 commits from 96 individual
    > arch/x86 developers (!):
    >
    > 671 files changed, 42791 insertions(+), 38967 deletions(-)
    >
    > so here are a few highlevel comments as well, in addition to the
    > shortlog:
    >
    > - a number of core files are changed as well: most notably percpu,
    > debugging details, timers, the firewire remote debugging patch and ...
    > the KGDB remote debugging stub in kernel/kgdb.c.
    >
    > - we tested KGDB to be merge-worthy within the x86 architecture (the
    > only supported architecture for now) and it's better to have
    > kernel/kgdb.c than arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c. The code is reasonably
    > clean and the user-space exposure is small - the only real exposure is
    > the decades-old remote GDB protocol. We are happy to fix up any
    > further cleanliness comments that people might have - but we really
    > wanted to start somewhere and get this thing moving. As an added
    > bonus: finally a kernel debugger that can be read without puking too
    > much ;-) [anyone remember KDB?]
    >

    The x86 tree was merged several times, but I don't see kgdb included in
    latest mainline -git.

    So just one question, will it be included or no?

    Best regards,
    Maxim Levitsky


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