Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269292AbUICHk5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Sep 2004 03:40:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269298AbUICHk5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Sep 2004 03:40:57 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:11185 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S269292AbUICHkd (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Sep 2004 03:40:33 -0400 Subject: Re: [patch] voluntary-preempt-2.6.9-rc1-bk4-R0 From: Lee Revell To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Eric St-Laurent , linux-kernel , "K.R. Foley" , Felipe Alfaro Solana , Daniel Schmitt , Mark_H_Johnson@raytheon.com, "P.O. Gaillard" , nando@ccrma.stanford.edu, luke@audioslack.com, free78@tin.it In-Reply-To: <20040903070500.GB13100@elte.hu> References: <20040902065549.GA18860@elte.hu> <20040902111003.GA4256@elte.hu> <20040902215728.GA28571@elte.hu> <1094162812.1347.54.camel@krustophenia.net> <20040902221402.GA29434@elte.hu> <1094171082.19760.7.camel@krustophenia.net> <1094181447.4815.6.camel@orbiter> <1094192788.19760.47.camel@krustophenia.net> <20040903063658.GA11801@elte.hu> <1094194157.19760.71.camel@krustophenia.net> <20040903070500.GB13100@elte.hu> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1094197233.19760.115.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 03:40:34 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1735 Lines: 36 On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 03:05, Ingo Molnar wrote: > another question - any objections against me rebasing the VP patch to > the current -mm tree and keeping it there exclusively until all possible > merges are done? It would probably quite some work to create a complete > patch for the upstream or BK tree during that process, as small patches > start to flow in the VP => -mm => BK direction. Would any of the regular > VP users/testers be wary to use the -mm tree? > None here. Assuming the SMP issues are resolved, then the only remaining issues on UP will probably be with various drivers, those fixes should apply just as easily to -mm as vanilla. As far as I am concerned the VP patches are stable enough for the audio-centric distros to start distributing VP kernel packages, these will certainly be using the vanilla kernel. I think the PlanetCCRMA and AGNULA people are planning to start distributing test VP-kernel packages as soon as the patches stabilize. IIRC Nando is on vacation this week. I will make an announcement on LAD that as of R0 the VP patches should be stable and are ready for wider testing. You may want to wait until after the initial slew of bug reports before rebasing VP against MM. I suspect most of the problems with be driver specific, and most of the fixes will apply equally to -mm and vanilla. I have added Luke (AudioSlack), Free (AGNULA), and Nando (CCRMA) to the cc: list. They would be in the best position to answer your question. Lee - 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/