From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Randy Dunlap Subject: Re: RFC: Move sparse.git inside linux-kernel-2.6.git? Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:13:38 -0700 Message-ID: <4A3A9FF2.1070607@oracle.com> References: <20090618192058.GB14086@uranus.ravnborg.org> <4A3A96E2.5080504@garzik.org> <4A3A9C2A.8030906@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from acsinet12.oracle.com ([141.146.126.234]:40478 "EHLO acsinet12.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751517AbZFRUSF (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:18:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4A3A9C2A.8030906@garzik.org> Sender: linux-sparse-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Sam Ravnborg , Christopher Li , linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds Jeff Garzik wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: >> sparse -does- serve as "libsparse" to a few independent projects, and >> the current sparse/kernel has clear benefits for those projects. Being > > ^^^^ > > "current sparse/kernel separation" Yes, sparse is a general-purpose tool (can be used by lots of apps), unlike tools/perf/, which is strictly for Linux kernel use. git is also a user of sparse, and there are plenty of git developers who are not kernel developers. -- ~Randy LPC 2009, Sept. 23-25, Portland, Oregon http://linuxplumbersconf.org/2009/