Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750980AbVKNHwy (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:52:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750981AbVKNHwy (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:52:54 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:40938 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750978AbVKNHwx (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:52:53 -0500 Subject: Re: ADI Blackfin patch for kernel 2.6.14 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Luke Yang Cc: Greg KH , Andrew Morton , bunk@stusta.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <489ecd0c0511132334rc0d8a18n9ccf1bdd30d564a0@mail.gmail.com> References: <489ecd0c0511010128x41d39643x37893ad48a8ef42a@mail.gmail.com> <20051101165136.GU8009@stusta.de> <489ecd0c0511012306w434d75fbs90e1969d82a07922@mail.gmail.com> <489ecd0c0511032059n394abbb2s9865c22de9b2c448@mail.gmail.com> <20051104230644.GA20625@kroah.com> <489ecd0c0511062258k4183d206odefd3baa46bb9a04@mail.gmail.com> <20051107165928.GA15586@kroah.com> <20051107235035.2bdb00e1.akpm@osdl.org> <489ecd0c0511110326j3a01cabbheeeac6168193a0b0@mail.gmail.com> <20051112214741.GB16334@kroah.com> <489ecd0c0511132334rc0d8a18n9ccf1bdd30d564a0@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:52:44 +0100 Message-Id: <1131954765.2821.6.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 1.8 (+) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.0.4 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (1.8 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [213.93.14.173 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 1.7 RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL RBL: NJABL: dialup sender did non-local SMTP [213.93.14.173 listed in combined.njabl.org] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 988 Lines: 23 > > The process is like maintaining any other part of the kernel: > > - Try to make sure it works on all releases (harder to do with a full > > arch, I know, but not impossible.) > > Does this include all the rc releases? and the 2.6.14.x releases? > > > - keep it up to date with bugfixes and the such > > So the process is: when kernel release a new version, we should > update our arch related files to the new kernel, then send you the > patch. Am I right? well the idea is that you fix things BEFORE the kernel is released for final, so that the final releases work out of the box (well out of kernel.org). This implies that you sort of track the git tree on a regular basis, but at minimum look at the first -rc kernel. - 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/