Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:08:05 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [stable] Re: [05/11] SMP fix for 6pack driver |
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On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 05:09:39PM -0400, Ralf Baechle wrote: > On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 09:35:56PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > I do agree with Francois regarding this issue: > > > > AFAIR, there has been not one 2.6 kernel where this driver was available > > for SMP kernels. > > Eh... That after all is the raison d'etre for this patch :) > > > It's therefore untested which problems might arise with > > this driver on SMP systems. I'm not arguing against including this > > driver in 2.6.13, but 2.6.12.3 isn't the right place. > > Nonsense. Most development activity for this stuff happens not on the > internet and you won't be able to follow it unless you're a licensed ham. > I've been circulating things patch since a while and nobody has been unhappy.
So why was it important to get it into 2.6.12.3?
I must have missed the announcement that the original -stable goals have been declared obsolete.
> > What surprises me most is that you accepted this patch is neither in > > 2.6.13-rc3 nor in 2.6.13-rc3-mm1. There seems to be either an > > (IMHO unfortunate) change in your policy of what patches to accept, > > or there's a serious problem in your patch review process. > > I've sent it to jgarzik so it's somewhere on it's long way there. > > Ralf
cu Adrian
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