From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261742AbVFPFce (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Jun 2005 01:32:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261751AbVFPFce (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Jun 2005 01:32:34 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:34503 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261742AbVFPFc3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Jun 2005 01:32:29 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] local_irq_disable removal From: Lee Revell To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Ingo Molnar , Daniel Walker , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sdietrich@mvista.com In-Reply-To: <20050612092856.GB1206@infradead.org> References: <1118214519.4759.17.camel@dhcp153.mvista.com> <20050611165115.GA1012@infradead.org> <20050612062350.GB4554@elte.hu> <20050612092856.GB1206@infradead.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 01:35:11 -0400 Message-Id: <1118900111.630.10.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 10:28 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 08:23:50AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > * Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > > > folks, can you please take this RT stuff of lkml? And with that I > > > don't mean the highlevel discussions what makes sense, but specific > > > patches that aren't related to anything near mainline. [...] > > > > this is a misconception - there's been a few dozen patches steadily > > trickling into mainline that were all started in the PREEMPT_RT > > patchset, so this "RT stuff", both the generic arguments and the details > > are very much relevant. I wouldnt be doing it if it wasnt relevant to > > the mainline kernel. The discussions are well concentrated into 2-3 > > subjects so you can plonk those threads if you are not interested. > > Then send patches when you think they're ready. Everything directly > related to PREEPT_RT except the highlevel discussion is defintly offotpic. > Just create your preempt-rt mailinglist and get interested parties there, > lkml is for _general_ kernel discussion - even most subsystems that are > in mainline have their own lists. I agree, this has to be annoying for people who have no interest in PREEMPT_RT, and future PREEMPT_RT development is going to have zero effect on people who don't enable it. Any volunteers to set a list up? Lee