RE: [PATCH 00/17] Open-FCoE Updates

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James Bottomley wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 10:29 -0800, Robert Love wrote:
>> On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 18:49 -0800, Mike Christie wrote:
>>> Robert Love wrote:
>>>> The following series implements bug fixes, adds a module param for
>>>> runtime debug logging and cleans up some coding style issues. The
>>>> top patch is a patch that was posted to linux-scsi on 01/04, but
>>>> doesn't seem to have made it in yet.   
>>>> 
>>>> This patch set is based on Linus' tree + the Open-FCoE patches
>>>> submitted to linux-scsi on 01/21. 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Were these patches and that other patchset for 2.6.29-rc? This one
>>> had some non bug fixes. I was not sure if you can do that in a rc.
>>> I was not sure if because it is a new driver you get a exception
>>> since there can be no regressions. 
>>> 
>> They were intended for the RC phase, should I have been more
>> explicit? I'm not sure what the policy is exactly, I've heard that
>> the RC phase is only for regressions, but I'm not sure how that
>> applies to new drivers. We have nothing to regress from and I'd
>> prefer getting these fixes in so that FCoE in 2.6.29 is as stable as
>> can be. 
> 
> OK, so how it works is firstly you have to tell me it's for rc fixes
> ... I can sometimes get this from the subject (if it contains words
> like bug fix).   Secondly, I need enhancements and fixes separated so
> they can be separately applied to the different trees (if you have an
> entanglement, I can rebase the misc tree to pick up the needed
> rc-fixes dependencies). 
> 
> So if you separate the patches (or just tell me what's a bug fix ...
> and they apply individually) I can put them in the rc-fixes tree.
> 
Thanks for the clarification. Will the fixes I resent on Friday make
it into 2.6.29?--
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