From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sid Boyce Subject: Re: Is the OMAP patch process badly flawed? Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:20:45 +0000 Message-ID: <4B03680D.6010808@blueyonder.co.uk> References: <20091116160402.deb0cc82.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <4B0213AC.6050502@blueyonder.co.uk> <4B02A583.8090602@blueyonder.co.uk> <94a0d4530911171407r6e1f378al9acb3b985196158b@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk ([195.188.213.6]:41314 "EHLO smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753908AbZKRDUq (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:20:46 -0500 Received: from [172.23.170.147] (helo=anti-virus03-10) by smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1NAb6B-0000G1-6x for linux-omap@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:20:51 +0000 Received: from [94.171.130.58] (helo=[192.168.10.2]) by asmtp-out1.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1NAb6A-00050T-PC for linux-omap@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:20:50 +0000 In-Reply-To: <94a0d4530911171407r6e1f378al9acb3b985196158b@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-omap-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org To: "linux-omap@vger.kernel.org" On 17/11/09 22:07, Felipe Contreras wrote: > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Sid Boyce wrote: >> I'm curious - I download, build and test kernels on x86 and x86_64 >> platforms, -rc, -rc-git and -git all build and run. > > [...] > >> I would expect patches sent upstream would result in all the basics for >> long established platforms to be fully covered. Appreciating that >> development is quite fast paced with mods and supporting new platforms. >> Could someone please enlighten me? > > Previously all the linux-omap work had to be queued through the > linux-arm tree, that made it a bit difficult to push things to the > mainline, but now Tony is sending the pull requests directly to Linus, > so maybe kernels post 2.6.32 will be much better. > I certainly hope so, it would be nice for the mainline to catch up so we can work from the one code base. > However, the only way to make sure that there's good OMAP support in > Linux is for the community to actively test the mainline and make sure > the patches are properly pushed and queued, and regressions are found > quickly, not only on the linux-omap tree, but linux-usb, fbdev, etc. > Unfortunately we haven't done such a great job on that, perhaps > because many people use old "stable" aka "frozen" kernels, but things > are improving. > > Cheers. > Thanks, I use vanilla kernels exclusively on my x86 and x86_64 boxes, looking for anything that's regressed or broken with API changes. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks