From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Fuzzy Subject: Re: Snapshot against 2.6.1 released [someone has a patch against -mm4 ?] Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:11:17 +0100 Message-ID: <400C01A5.5060209@free.fr> References: <16395.60465.989777.981597@laputa.namesys.com> <400BF982.2050407@free.fr> <20040119155649.GK1748@srv-lnx2600.matchmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <20040119155649.GK1748@srv-lnx2600.matchmail.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Mike Fedyk Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com > On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 04:36:34PM +0100, Fuzzy wrote: > >>Is there any chance that namesys will also provide a patch against the >>-mm tree ? Or even better: is there already a timeline for integration >>of reiser4 in -mm ? Mike Fedyk wrote: > Well, if I were them, I wouldn't. > > Right now the -mm tree has some stuff that's just waiting for 2.7, or is in > initial testing/merging into stock 2.6. > > You really should be testing against stock 2.6 with the reiser4 filesystem > so that you don't get hit by one of the (600 in 2.6.1-mm4) patches in the > -mm series. > > That way, you can help spot bugs better, and reiser4 will be merged into -mm > sooner so you'll be happy. :) I would agree with you but: 1) the people who would run an experimental filesystem like reiser4 are very likely to also run with the -mm kernel tree (as is my case at least...) 2) from what I've read, reiser4 should be integrated in -mm before it can ever think about going in mainline... so why not play with it in -mm now ? Vince