Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 2 Feb 2006 13:48:18 -0800 (PST) | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: Wanted: hotfixes for -mm kernels |
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On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On 2/2/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 15:00 -0500, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > > > Most -mm kernels have small but critical bugs that are found shortly > > > after release. Patches for these are posted on linux-kernel but > > > they aren't made available on kernel.org until the next -mm release. > > > > > > Would it be possible to create a hotfix/ directory for each -mm > > > release and put those patches there? A README could explain that > > > the fixes are untested. At least people reading the files could > > > see an issue exists even if they're not brave enough to try the > > > patch. :) > > > > I doubt it - mm is an experimental kernel, hotfixes only make sense for > > production stuff. It moves too fast. > > > > A better question is what does -mm give you that mainline does not, that > > causes you to want to "stabilize" a specific -mm version? > > > > Some people just run -mm so the hotfixes/* would help them to get > their boxes running until the next -mm without having to hunt through > LKML for bugs already reported/fixed. This will allow better testing > coverage because most obvious bugs are caught almost immediately and > then people can continue using -mm to find more stuff.
Yep. I think it's a good idea, although it does move fast, like Lee says. I'd be willing to help if e.g. there was some place where several of us could upload patches to.
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