From: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
To: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
davem@davemloft.net, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Changing update_mmu_cache()
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:59:58 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050225225958.GR15648@holomorphy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050225224809.F27842@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 10:48:09PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> I'm sorry, I'm completely at the end of my rag over this. I, for
> one, can't operate with keeping up with the mainline kernel while
> having these kinds of invasive patches outstanding for 4+ months
> with zero help, and little prospect of them getting merged.
> The same happened with the DMA mmap API. With that, I've now
> resorted to merging the ARM version of it and said "bugger the
> other architectures."
> What it basically comes down to is that a stable kernel series is
> not the place for development. It's obvious we're trying to meet
> opposing demands with the existing development model, and it just
> isn't working. Well, it isn't for me at least.
Well, my efforts on the DMA mmap() issue got completely thwarted by
holy penguin pee, so it wasn't for lack of trying.
-- wli
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-25 22:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-22 4:53 Changing update_mmu_cache() Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-02-22 5:43 ` David S. Miller
2005-02-22 9:07 ` Russell King
2005-02-22 18:08 ` David S. Miller
2005-02-25 20:15 ` Russell King
2005-02-25 21:43 ` Andrew Morton
2005-02-25 21:46 ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-02-25 22:48 ` Russell King
2005-02-25 22:59 ` William Lee Irwin III [this message]
2005-02-25 23:07 ` Andrew Morton
2005-02-26 1:09 ` David S. Miller
2005-02-27 18:55 ` Paul Mundt
2005-02-28 4:12 ` David S. Miller
2005-02-28 9:18 ` Paul Mundt
2005-03-06 5:15 ` David S. Miller
2005-02-27 19:27 ` Russell King
2005-02-26 1:10 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-02-22 20:51 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-02-23 5:35 ` Changing update_mmu_cache() or set_pte() ? Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-02-23 5:47 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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