Re: 2.6 must-fix list, v2

Tom Rini
2003-05-14T16:09:14Z

On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 01:17:54PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
> >
> > That brings up another issue: what ports do regularly work with 2.5
> > mainline?
>
> I test ppc64 regularly. In fact -mm is probably the best place to go to
> get a working ppc64 tree at present.
>
> But I do not view non-ia32 support as being a 2.6.0 requirement. I'd be OK
> with 2.6.0 working _only_ on ia32. Other architectures will catch up when
> they can. The only core requirement is that 2.6.0 not contain gross
> x86isms which make other ports impossible.

How about some holding point shortly before to ping arch maintainers?
I'm sure a number of arches will be at 'current bk works, but Linus
keeps dropping my emails' stage.

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Tom Rini