Re: btrfs/git question.

[Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>]

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 09:33:37AM +0700, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com> wrot=
e:
> > On 11/28/2011 12:53 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> >> Seems I've picked up a wireless regression, and randomly drop my W=
iFi
> >> connection with more recent kernels. =A0While I'd love to try to t=
rack down the
> >> issue, the sporadic nature makes it difficult. =A0But I don't want=
 to revert to a
> >> flat-out old kernel because of all the btrfs modifications. =A0Is =
it possible
> >> using git to add *just* btrfs patches to an older kernel?
> >
> > Sure: use git rebase to apply the patches to the older kernel.
>=20
> ... or use 3.1.2, and get ONLY fs/btrfs from Chris' for-linus tree,
> compile it out-of-tree, and use it to replace the original btrfs.ko.

If you're on a 3.1 kernel, you can pull my for-linus directly on top of
it with git pull.  I always keep a btrfs tree against the previous
kernel so that people can use the latest btrfs goodness without having
to use an rc kernel.

-chris
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