Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Mar 2009 13:04:45 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] xen: core dom0 support |
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* Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> wrote:
> Ingo Molnar wrote: > >>> In three years time, will we regret having merged this? > >> Its a pretty minor amount of extra stuff on top of what's been > >> added over the last 3 years, so I don't think it's going to > >> tip the scales on its own. I wouldn't be comfortable in > >> trying to merge something that's very intrusive. > > > > Hm, how can the same code that you call "massive out-of-tree > > patches which doesn't make anyone happy" in an out of tree > > context suddenly become non-intrusive "minor amount of extra > > stuff" in an upstream context? > > The current, out-of-tree xen kernel stuff is based on 2.6.18. > [...]
Sure, but what i'm pointing out is the following aspect of communication:
>>> [...] At the moment its all running on massive out-of-tree >>> patches, which doesn't make anyone happy. It's best that it >>> be in the mainline kernel. You know, like we argue for >>> everything else.
Comparing it to a 2.6.18 base is simply misleading when it comes to upstreaming something. Enterprise distros will rebase, and their out-of-tree pile of patches will shrink.
Ingo
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