Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:09:42 -0400
From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Zan Lynx <zlynx@acm.org>
Cc: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to make -mm a more viable testbed (was: [PATCH] [1/12]
	x86: Work around mmio config space quirk on AMD)
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On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 05:07:23PM -0600, Zan Lynx wrote:
 > On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 17:09 -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
 > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 02:40:06PM -0600, Zan Lynx wrote:
 > >  > I thought most people running -mm were running klive, which shou
 > >  > ld tell kernel versions, uptime and other things.  I run it, anyway.
 > >  > 
 > >  > http://klive.cpushare.com/
 > > 
 > > If that's the case, there are 3 people running 2.6.23-rc2-mm2.
 > > I suspect the actual number of users is considerably higher.
 > > Somehow I doubt that 'most' people are running klive.
 > 
 > I had thought Andrew asked people to do it at one point.  Could have
 > been someone else, I suppose.  Ah, it was Andrea Arcangeli.
 > 
 > At the time, it seemed more people were doing it.  I guess not though.
 > Or there really aren't many people running the latest -mm.  It *is*
 > quite a hassle.  I only do it because I'm crazy. :)
 > 
 > I think klive is a good idea for tracking kernel testing.  Perhaps
 > mentioning it here again will get more people running it.
 > 
 > I suppose that someone could try to estimate usage by counting patch
 > downloads off kernel.org.

The fallout from bugs found each time Andrew makes an announcement
should be a fairly good indicator :-)

	Dave

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