Re: [linux-sh:02046] Re: [linuxsh-dev] Drop-In tree updates

[Tom R. <tr...@ke...>]

On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 11:17:23PM -0500, Robert Love wrote:
> On Thu, 2001-12-06 at 23:11, Tom Rini wrote:
> 
> > I hate to say it, but just because you send things to Linus, doesn't
> > mean they get in.  While it is important to try, it's just as important
> > to have a good public tree that does work on an arch.  If things
> > actually got in for SH around 2.4.13 (I don't remember all of the
> > changes in those pre-patches) SH is actually pretty well off in this
> > regard.  Maybe Marcelo will be better about it, but it'll still take
> > time for everything to settle down..
> 
> Sadly true.  However, I think we could convince him to merge something
> now in 2.5.

I guess see my other email.

> As for 2.4, I already asked Marcelo if he would take a merge.  He will.

Yes, but that doesn't mean it will get in right away either.  Marcelo
has a patch for PPC right now that's waiting a quite enough -pre to drop
in. :)

> > Just my two cents, what's worked well for PPC so far is having a tree
> > that the active and knowledge able people can write to, keeping it close
> > to kernel.org, and frequent patchbombing of Linus.  We've also got a
> > list for commit msgs, and with verbose comments (and followups) everyone
> > usually knows what's going on.
> 
> PPC is very well up-to-date in the official tree, and I think that is a
> good thing.  Good job.

PPC isn't nearly as up to date in kernel.org as you think.  There's a
very large patch right now, to be followed up by a few large (because
lots of files move) patch and then even more small patches for new
boards.  Hopefully 2.4.20 or so will be really really good on PPC and a
few other !x86 arches.

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Tom Rini (TR1265)
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