Re: OMAP34xx

Greg KH
2012-02-09T00:47:40Z

On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 05:14:18PM -0700, Paul Walmsley wrote:
> Hi Greg
>
> was just directed at this thread:
>
> On Wed, 8 Feb 2012, Greg KH wrote:
>
> > Don't send me anything, saying it needs to get into the -rc merge
> > window, that you don't actually want to see merged. Otherwise, how long
> > am I supposed to know to wait? That's just looney.
>
> We did want to see it merged. But then we came up with a better fix,
> which is why I asked you to revert the original in favor of the new
> version:
>
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=132760582332651&w=2
>
> If we'd realized that the second version would be delayed until 3.4, we
> wouldn't have wanted the first version to be reverted :-(

You said the first version was broken.

Anyway, moving on...

> > > The version you have currently queued is needed for v3.3 as they fix
> > > brokenness on v3.3. Any chance they can be applied queued for 3.3?
> > > We'll have another set of enhancements on top of those that are
> > > targetted for v3.4, but those you have queued currently are defintely
> > > fixes.
> >
> > At this point in the release cycle, I would prefer to wait.
>
> It would be really great if this series could make it in for v3.3-rcX.
> Without it, 3.3 will be unusable for any OMAP users that run the console
> on the serial port. That's pretty much every OMAP user that runs mainline
> kernels, AFAIK.

Show me an OMAP user that actually runs a mainline kernel :)

What changeset(s) do you want me to take from my tty-next tree and put
it in the tty-linus tree to be merged for the 3.3-final timeframe?

thanks,

greg k-h