Frédéric Weisbecker wrote: > Ok thank you. I'm tring linux-next. > Is there really an mm git tree? I can't find it, just see the patch on > kernel.org <http://kernel.org> You can subscribe on linux-kernel or kernel-testers mail list and get info about updates in -mm tree. Latest announce from Andrew Morton: > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.26-rc8/2.6.26-rc8-mm1/ > > - Seems to work on my x86 test boxes. It does emit a > sleeping-while-atomic warning during exit from an application which > holds mlocks. Known problem. > > - It's dead as a doornail on the powerpc Mac g5. I'll bisect it later. > > > Boilerplate: > > - See the `hot-fixes' directory for any important updates to this patchset. > > - To fetch an -mm tree using git, use (for example) > > git-fetch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/smurf/linux-trees.git tag v2.6.16-rc2-mm1 > git-checkout -b local-v2.6.16-rc2-mm1 v2.6.16-rc2-mm1 > > - -mm kernel commit activity can be reviewed by subscribing to the > mm-commits mailing list. > > echo "subscribe mm-commits" | mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - If you hit a bug in -mm and it is not obvious which patch caused it, it is > most valuable if you can perform a bisection search to identify which patch > introduced the bug. Instructions for this process are at > > http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/bisecting-mm-trees.txt > > But beware that this process takes some time (around ten rebuilds and > reboots), so consider reporting the bug first and if we cannot immediately > identify the faulty patch, then perform the bisection search. > > - When reporting bugs, please try to Cc: the relevant maintainer and mailing > list on any email. > > - When reporting bugs in this kernel via email, please also rewrite the > email Subject: in some manner to reflect the nature of the bug. Some > developers filter by Subject: when looking for messages to read. > > - Occasional snapshots of the -mm lineup are uploaded to > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/mm/ and are announced on > the mm-commits list. These probably are at least compilable. > > - More-than-daily -mm snapshots may be found at > http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/. These are almost certainly not > compileable. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
