From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Venkat Subbiah Subject: Re: rt patch set and tags on mainline repo Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:41:03 -0700 Message-ID: <4E8D234F.9040803@cavium.com> References: <4E8CA60F.3080700@cavium.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org" To: Thomas Gleixner Return-path: Received: from mail3.caviumnetworks.com ([12.108.191.235]:16416 "EHLO mail3.caviumnetworks.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753223Ab1JFDmO (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2011 23:42:14 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-rt-users-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 10/05/2011 12:47 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Wed, 5 Oct 2011, Venkat Subbiah wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am still not able to figure out which of Linus's tag in the mainline repo >> would an rt patch set apply to. >> >> For example this patch here >> http://web.archive.org/web/20110612145812/http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/patch-2.6.33.9-rt31.gz > 2.6.33.9-rt applies to 2.6.33.9 which is a stable release. Stable > kernels are not part of Linus tree. > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-2.6.33.y >> Q1) Alsolooks like the https://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page is still >> not available. Is there a location where I can get the split patch equivalent >> of "patch-2.6.33.9-rt31.gz". > Not at the moment. Thanks for you reply. Once the rt wiki is back would there be one or a split patch hasn't been created at all for 2.6.33.9-rt1? Is there a split patch for any 2.6.33 version? > >> Q2) I am really looking to patch a 2.6.32 kernel. Are there rt patch sets >> available for this version even if they are unofficial? > No. Just my 0,01$: Move your BSP to 2.6.33 or 3.0 instead of > attempting to backport rt to 33. But it's your decision and your time > to waste. :0 Thanks for you input, but it may not be my decision too! > Thanks, > > tglx