On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 11:58:25AM -0800, H L wrote: > --- On Thu, 11/6/08, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 08:51:09AM -0800, H L wrote: > > > > > > Has anyone initiated or given consideration to the > > creation of a git > > > repository (say, on kernel.org) for SR-IOV > > development? > > > > Why? It's only a few patches, right? Why would it > > need a whole new git > > tree? > > > So as to minimize the time and effort patching a kernel, especially if > the tree (and/or hash level) against which the patches were created > fails to be specified on a mailing-list. Plus, there appears to be > questions raised on how, precisely, the implementation should > ultimately be modeled and especially given that, who knows at this > point what number of patches will ultimately be submitted? I know > I've built the "7-patch" one (painfully, by the way), and I'm aware > there's another 15-patch set out there which I've not yet examined. It's a mere 7 or 15 patches, you don't need a whole git tree for something small like that. Especially as there only seems to be one developer doing real work... thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
