Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932310AbWBBVs1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 16:48:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932311AbWBBVs1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 16:48:27 -0500 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:27328 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932304AbWBBVs0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 16:48:26 -0500 Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 13:48:18 -0800 (PST) From: "Randy.Dunlap" X-X-Sender: rddunlap@shark.he.net To: dtor_core@ameritech.net cc: Lee Revell , Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>, Andrew Morton , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Wanted: hotfixes for -mm kernels In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <200602021502_MC3-1-B772-547@compuserve.com> <1138913633.15691.109.camel@mindpipe> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1723 Lines: 38 On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On 2/2/06, Lee Revell 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. -- ~Randy - 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/