Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753110Ab0ARO1Q (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:27:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753039Ab0ARO1Q (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:27:16 -0500 Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu ([198.82.162.213]:57316 "EHLO lennier.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751574Ab0ARO1P (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:27:15 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: Stefan Richter Cc: Randy Dunlap , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Joe Perches , Andrew Morton , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] HOWTO: Updates on subsystem trees, patchwork, -next (vs. -mm) In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:39:46 +0100." From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <4B4F7304.5050401@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1263824779_6729P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:26:19 -0500 Message-ID: <25759.1263824779@localhost> X-Mirapoint-Received-SPF: 128.173.34.103 localhost Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu 2 pass X-Mirapoint-IP-Reputation: reputation=neutral-1, source=Fixed, refid=n/a, actions=MAILHURDLE SPF TAG X-Junkmail-Info: (45) HELO_LOCALHOST X-Junkmail-Status: score=45/50, host=steiner.cc.vt.edu X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A020206.4B546F8C.011E,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=0.0.0.0, so=2009-09-22 00:05:22, dmn=2009-09-10 00:05:08, mode=multiengine X-Junkmail-IWF: false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1591 Lines: 42 --==_Exmh_1263824779_6729P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:39:46 +0100, Stefan Richter said: > One of the roles which -mm fulfilled some time ago (to offer an > integration testing ground) has been taken over by -next. This is still > news to Documentation/HOWTO, so mention it there. > -2.6.x -mm kernel patches > ------------------------- > -These are experimental kernel patches released by Andrew Morton. Andrew > -takes all of the different subsystem kernel trees and patches and mushes > -them together, along with a lot of patches that have been plucked from > -the linux-kernel mailing list. This tree serves as a proving ground for > -new features and patches. Note that -mm serves other purposes than just integration testing. I'm not sure that nuking *all* reference to it is appropriate. On the other hand, I think there's like 3 other guys besides myself that actually test -mm kernels, so maybe the best bet is to see if it makes it upstream via the -mm route. ;) --==_Exmh_1263824779_6729P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFLVG+LcC3lWbTT17ARAtzsAKDYM0Ir+3cPeCCcYjJt90njvLk+mwCeM1D5 hj7UcMBhN9iNO9bsHu6GYSY= =K6PO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1263824779_6729P-- -- 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/