From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265029AbUHRI3s (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Aug 2004 04:29:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264936AbUHRI3s (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Aug 2004 04:29:48 -0400 Received: from amalthea.dnx.de ([193.108.181.146]:36812 "EHLO amalthea.dnx.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265029AbUHRI3o (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Aug 2004 04:29:44 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:29:37 +0200 From: Robert Schwebel To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux v2.6.8 - Oops on NFSv3 Message-ID: <20040818082937.GZ29410@pengutronix.de> References: <20040814101039.GA27163@alpha.home.local> <20040814115548.A19527@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Scan-Signature: c870fec17057476f9780afc870d320a1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 04:05:56AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Well, we've been discussing the 2.6.x.y format for a while, so I see this > as an opportunity to actually do it... Will it break automated scripts? > Maybe. But on the other hand, we'll never even find out unless we try it > some time. PTXdist(*) works fine with the new scheme, at least as long as the .1 is in EXTRAVERSION and the .1 patch is released as a normal patch on top of 2.6.8. Robert (*) http://www.pengutronix.de/software/ptxdist_en.html, used by embedded people to build kernel+userlands -- Dipl.-Ing. Robert Schwebel | http://www.pengutronix.de Pengutronix - Linux Solutions for Science and Industry Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 Hornemannstraße 12, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany Phone: +49-5121-28619-0 | Fax: +49-5121-28619-4