Re: 2.6.3-rc1-mm1

Stian Jordet
2004-02-09T10:29:26Z

man, 09.02.2004 kl. 11.24 skrev Andrew Morton:
> Boggle. That thing is 1.8MB.
>
> 163 files changed, 25877 insertions(+), 22424 deletions(-)
>
> This is the first time that anyone told me that it even existed. How on
> earth could a patch to a major subsystem grow to such a size in such
> isolation? When we're at kernel version 2.6.3!
>
> How mature is this code? What is its testing status? What is the size of
> its user base? Is it available as individual, changelogged patches?
>
> It would be crazy to simply shut our eyes and slam something of this
> magnitude into the tree. And it is totally unreasonable to expect
> interested parties to be able to review and understand it.
>
> Could someone please tell me how this situation came about, and what we can
> do to prevent any reoccurrence?

I don't know more than this:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=107523583528989&w=2

But I _do_ know that ISDN is non-working for me with 2.6.x kernels
without this patch.

Best regards,
Stian