On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 09:18:05AM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote: > On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 14:38 +0200, Kasparek Tomas wrote: > > while searching some more info for my problems with 2.6.27.x & client > > packet flow & lockd, I tried to find the flow of patches for NFS clients. > > For older one, there are dierctories in > > http://www.linux-nfs.org/Linux-2.6.x/ (up to 28-rc9). Does it mean patches > > in 2.7.27 originated in time after 2.6.27 was out and were included in > > 28-rc5 (next dir). Some of the patches seem to correct bugs, do they get > > into 27.x by default or is it necessary to ask somewhere (GregKH)? > > The main method of tracking patches is rather through the git tree. The > patches on client.linux-nfs.org are only being sporadically updated. > However, yes, the patches in the 2.6.27 subdir are meant to be applied > to 2.6.27. Some of the bugfixes will find their way into the -stable > series, but not all (it depends on how serious the bug is, and how > intrusive the fix is). Ok, will try to play with git and for my troubles will try to build a kernel with these patches to see if anything (lockd or floods) works better. Thanks. -- Tomas Kasparek, PhD student E-mail: kasparek@xxxxxxxxxxxx CVT FIT VUT Brno, L127 Web: http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/~kasparek Bozetechova 1, 612 66 Fax: +420 54114-1270 Brno, Czech Republic Phone: +420 54114-1220 jabber: tomas.kasparek@xxxxxxxxx GPG: 2F1E 1AAF FD3B CFA3 1537 63BD DCBE 18FF A035 53BC -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
