Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934516AbZC0BoU (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:44:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759859AbZC0BoL (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:44:11 -0400 Received: from BISCAYNE-ONE-STATION.MIT.EDU ([18.7.7.80]:38471 "EHLO biscayne-one-station.mit.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759219AbZC0BoK (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:44:10 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:41:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Abbott To: "H. Peter Anvin" cc: Stephen Rothwell , Linus Torvalds , Linux kernel mailing list , Anders Kaseorg , Waseem Daher , Denys Vlasenko , Rusty Russell , Andi Kleen , Jeff Arnold Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add support for compiling with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections In-Reply-To: <49C8F24D.6000603@zytor.com> Message-ID: References: <1237872525-31014-1-git-send-email-tabbott@mit.edu> <20090324170700.6029f6ce.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <49C8F24D.6000603@zytor.com> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (DEB 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.00 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 705 Lines: 17 On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > "Just before -rc1" is pretty much the only time to do this kind of changes. > It's not the first time we have had this issue. OK. Merging this patch just before -rc1 would be fine with me; I'll keep the patch series updated as the merge window proceeds. How should I help this patch be merged "just before -rc1"? In particular, how will I know when is the right time to send the updated patch? -Tim Abbott -- 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/