Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763471AbYJJVbb (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:31:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759960AbYJJVbV (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:31:21 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:45006 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759310AbYJJVbU (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:31:20 -0400 Message-ID: <48EFC9A0.5070907@zytor.com> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:31:12 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alain Knaff CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [update5] [PATCH] init: bzip2 or lzma -compressed kernels and initrds References: <200809090641.m896fscX028849@hitchhiker.org.lu> <48C99F29.2030007@zytor.com> <48C9A6C0.4070802@knaff.lu> <48C9A80D.1010703@zytor.com> <48D73858.3070900@knaff.lu> <48D7C304.4020709@zytor.com> <48D7C48F.8010907@knaff.lu> <48D93E68.6040701@zytor.com> <48D9471E.9090108@knaff.lu> <48D95A8F.10705@zytor.com> <48D95ECC.9010107@knaff.lu> <48D96013.1070507@zytor.com> <48D966E4.7080200@knaff.lu> <48D96B58.6080604@zytor.com> <48D96C60.6000104@knaff.lu> <48EE4302.2010404@zytor.com> <48EEC7D1.80404@knaff.lu> In-Reply-To: <48EEC7D1.80404@knaff.lu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1143 Lines: 34 Alain Knaff wrote: > H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> Hi Alain, >> >> Are you planning to submit an updated patch any time soon? If so, >> please separate the ARM, x86, library and generic portions into separate >> patches. It looks like at least some of them already went into ARM, >> which makes it impractical to include this as a monolithic patch, which >> it really shouldn't have to be, anyway. >> >> -hpa > > I'll look into it (the split) this weekend, if I'll find the time. > Should each part be compilable on its own? If so, it might be difficult > to do the split along the lines outlined above. > Not individually, but part 1 should compile, as should parts 1+2, etc. This pretty much means the order should be: 1. add library functions 2. generic functionality 3. x86 functionality 4. ARM functionality Soem of these may be obsolete; I noticed collisions with the ARM tree. -hpa -- 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/