Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Apr 2003 10:44:27 -0400 | From | Ben Collins <> | Subject | Re: IEEE-1394 problem on init [ was Re: Linux 2.4.21-rc1 ] |
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> I entirely agree. > > However, the patch we are discussing has only *6 days*. If you had > submitted it 2 months ago, there wouldn't be such problems. > > [BTW: searching back the l-k archives doesn't find any occurances of > your patch. I guess you sended it directly to Marcelo...] > > > Then after a long huge pause, it suddenly goes -rc. Should that leave me > > stuck? Don't think so. > > Sure, you should continue development and submit a fresh new version > ready to be tested in 2.4.22-pre1/pre2. > > As for 2.4.21, well, we want something pretty well tested. Will this > be the case with your new mega-patch ? I don't think so. The safest > is to go back to a version which worked. At least the bugs of that > version are known, which is not the case for the new version.
Mega patch? I hardly call it a mega patch. It's mostly cleanups and it was taken from an existing branch. Stuff that is already in Linus' tree.
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