Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757066AbYLaTi5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:38:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756461AbYLaTit (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:38:49 -0500 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:48357 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752211AbYLaTis (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:38:48 -0500 Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:52:15 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: Tim Abbott Cc: Andi Kleen , Jeff Arnold , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Denys Vlasenko , Anders Kaseorg , Waseem Daher , Nikanth Karthikesan Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] Make section names compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections Message-ID: <20081231195215.GU496@one.firstfloor.org> References: <1228521840-3886-1-git-send-email-jbarnold@mit.edu> <1228521840-3886-2-git-send-email-jbarnold@mit.edu> <8763lxwv0d.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 781 Lines: 23 On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 02:18:43PM -0500, Tim Abbott wrote: > On Sat, 6 Dec 2008, Andi Kleen wrote: > > >It's quite large and touches a lot of code, so it probably would require > >special treatment during a merge window to avoid conflicts. > > OK. How does special treatment during the merge window work? You negotiate a suitable time with Andrew/Linus in advance. This is typically after all other trees got in. > Is it too late Probably not, as long as you can update the patch quickly enough. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- 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/