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From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/35] x86, lmb: Add lmb_reserve_area_overlap_ok()
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 17:24:32 +1000
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On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 23:11 -0700, Yinghai wrote:
> so looks like your change will hit 2.6.35, and my x86 changes will hit
> 2.6.36?
> 
> that is too long. 

No. Both will hit 2.6.36. It's way too late to queue up such changes for
the 2.6.35 merge window which has already opened.

Why would it be "too long" ? I keep asking what the heck is going on
with having a time bomb on those patches and yet have to get a
satisfactory answer.

Cheers,
Ben.