From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>,
lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] fix jiffies clocksource inittime
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 14:32:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070404143233.b97eed8f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070404212324.GA19899@elte.hu>
On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 23:23:24 +0200
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
>
> * Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> > If so: worrisome. Startup ordering issues are fragile and tricky.
> > Time management is fragile and tricky. The combination of the two
> > doesn't get any better ;)
> >
> > An option would be to test it in 2.6.22-rcX for a while, then backport
> > to 2.6.21.x.
>
> is the v2.6.21 release so close?
It's the closest it's ever been!
> From all i can see Adrian Bunk still
> has a very sizable regressions list, which necessiate a couple of weeks
> to track down. And the delta since -rc5 is pretty large too,
> necessiating an -rc6.
>
yeah, I wouldn't be surprised to see an rc7.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-04-04 21:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-04-04 19:50 [PATCH -mm] fix jiffies clocksource inittime john stultz
2007-04-04 20:43 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-04 20:46 ` Thomas Gleixner
2007-04-04 20:53 ` john stultz
2007-04-04 21:04 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-04 21:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-04-04 21:32 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
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