On 8/28/07, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Michael Evans wrote: > > On 8/28/07, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Michael Evans wrote: > >>> On 8/28/07, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>> Michael Evans wrote: > >>>>> Oh, I see. I forgot about the changelogs. I'd send out version 5 > >>>>> now, but I'm not sure what kernel version to make the patch against. > >>>>> 2.6.23-rc4 is on kernel.org and I don't see any git snapshots. > >>>>> Additionally I never could tell what git tree was the 'mainline' as it > >>>>> isn't labeled with such a keyword (at least in the list of git trees I > >>>>> saw). > >>>> I suspect you wait for 2.5.23 release, or send it to AKPM for inclusion > >>>> in an "-mm" kernel. That's probably desirable, anyway. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>> There's another list I should CC to? Or does the section maintainer > >>> do that when they're happy with the patch? > >> Not another list; just cc: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that he can merge > >> it into the -mm kernel patches for testing. Most patches cook in the -mm > >> kernel(s) before they are merged into mainline. > >> > >> Then generally the subsystem maintainer(s) are responsible for sending > >> patches on to Linus for merging into mainline, if/when they are happy > >> with the patch and they think that it has been tested enough. > >> > > > > So I should look at the git documentation again, try to pull down > > Andrew's latest -mm, and see what I need to change (if anything) to > > patch against it? (I would probably only verify that boots once my > > self given the other testing this has already seen and how often mm > > breaks things my mythtv box likes, such as nvidia-drivers, etc,) > > -mm is available only as a patchset, not via git. > There has been a git version of it, but it's not currently working and > hasn't been for 2 months or so. > > I mostly use the grab_kernel script that I mentioned. It knows how > to download linux-2.6.M and how to apply -rcN, -gitN, and/or -mmN > patches to the base (linux-2.6.M). > > E.g.: > grab_kernel 2.6.23-rc3-git6 $PWD > or > grab_kernel 2.6.23-rc3-mm1 $PWD > > > -- > ~Randy > *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** > Gentoo's mm-sources is version 2.6.23-rc3-mm1, which I'd guess is close enough for an area like this. Given that I didn't need to make any changes to the patch should I just submit it to the mm for testing without rebooting in to an mm-sources kernel? I need to schedule when I do that so it would take me overnight to do so. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
