On 17/11/09 22:07, Felipe Contreras wrote: > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Sid Boyce <sboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I'm curious - I download, build and test kernels on x86 and x86_64 >> platforms, -rc, -rc-git and -git all build and run. > > [...] > >> I would expect patches sent upstream would result in all the basics for >> long established platforms to be fully covered. Appreciating that >> development is quite fast paced with mods and supporting new platforms. >> Could someone please enlighten me? > > Previously all the linux-omap work had to be queued through the > linux-arm tree, that made it a bit difficult to push things to the > mainline, but now Tony is sending the pull requests directly to Linus, > so maybe kernels post 2.6.32 will be much better. > I certainly hope so, it would be nice for the mainline to catch up so we can work from the one code base. > However, the only way to make sure that there's good OMAP support in > Linux is for the community to actively test the mainline and make sure > the patches are properly pushed and queued, and regressions are found > quickly, not only on the linux-omap tree, but linux-usb, fbdev, etc. > Unfortunately we haven't done such a great job on that, perhaps > because many people use old "stable" aka "frozen" kernels, but things > are improving. > > Cheers. > Thanks, I use vanilla kernels exclusively on my x86 and x86_64 boxes, looking for anything that's regressed or broken with API changes. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
