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FromMaxim Levitsky <>
SubjectRe: [git pull] x86 arch updates for v2.6.25
DateTue, 5 Feb 2008 04:36:30 +0200
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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