Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:25:46 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [git pull?] clocksource: ACPI pmtmr bugfixes [Was: Re: ACPI PM-Timer on K6-3 SiS5591: Houston...] |
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:09:16 +0200 Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> wrote:
> Hi, > > > Could I trouble you to resend them as plain-old-patches, with full > > changelogs along with your thoughts about the suitablity for > > 2.6.2[5678].x please? > > patches will be sent as replies to this message. Thanks for taking care of > this; I should have written more meaningful texts. Also, I failed to > remember the second patch hasn't been tested yet .. > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 10:00:17PM +0200, Andreas Mohr wrote: > > I wanted to test your 2nd patch (improved init), but was unable to do so > > (currently too busy due to large changes, plus distance to production system, > > downtime NOT appreciated ;). > > .. but still I think this is stuff for 2.6.27; not (yet) suitable for 2.6.26 > and 2.6.25 based on the -stable rules. >
(cc stable)
OK, thanks. I tagged these as
Cc: <stable@kernel.org> [2.6.26.x, 2.6.25.x but not immediately]
which is a bit rubbery. What do you think are the criteria for deciding when these are ready for the backports? Something like "after 2.6.28-rc1 if nothing blew up"?
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