Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265144AbTFYXti (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:49:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265161AbTFYXth (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:49:37 -0400 Received: from 64-60-248-67.cust.telepacific.net ([64.60.248.67]:61487 "EHLO mx.rackable.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265144AbTFYXte (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:49:34 -0400 Message-ID: <3EFA3770.70806@rackable.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:59:44 -0700 From: Samuel Flory User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030529 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brian Jackson CC: Orion Poplawski , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Is their an explanation of various kernel versions/brances/patches/? (-mm, -ck, ..) References: <200306251857.48341.brian@brianandsara.net> In-Reply-To: <200306251857.48341.brian@brianandsara.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Jun 2003 00:03:45.0441 (UTC) FILETIME=[693ED110:01C33B76] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2149 Lines: 69 Brian Jackson wrote: >I don't know of a website that tracks that stuff, but here goes my knowledge >of the different patchsets: > >for the most part all of them are testing grounds for patches that someday >hope to be in the vanilla kernel > >mm - Andrew Morton - vm related testing ground for dev tree >ck - Con Kolivas - desktop/interactivity patches >kj - Kernel Janitors - testing ground for kernel cleanups on development trees >mjb - Martin J Bligh - scalability stuff >wli - William Lee Irwin - other vm related stuff for dev tree that Andrew > Morton may not have time for >ac - Alan Cox - lately it's been a testing ground for new ide > Actually the ac is often the test ground for new 2.4 fixes, and features. >lsm - Chris Wright - Linux Security Modules, provides a lightweight, general > purpose framework for access control >osdl - Stephen Hemminger, ? maybe enterprise stuff >laptop - Hanno B?ck - unproven laptop type patches >aa - Andrea Arcangeli - stable series vm stuff >dj - Dave Jones - cleanups/AGP >rmap - Rik van Riel - reverse mapping vm for 2.4 >pgcl - William Lee Irwin - ? > >Others? Oh yes. Maybe this is something that should be tracked on a webpage >somewhere. > >--Brian Jackson > >On Wednesday 25 June 2003 05:02 pm, Orion Poplawski wrote: > > >>Seems like everybody and their brother is maintaining a kernel patch set >>these days :-). >> >>Is there a page somewhere that explains the goals of each of the various >>versions? >> >>Thanks! >> >>- Orion >> >> >>- >>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >>the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >> >> > > > -- Once you have their hardware. Never give it back. (The First Rule of Hardware Acquisition) Sam Flory - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/