public inbox for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
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.

      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]

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20070404143233.b97eed8f.akpm@linux-foundation.org \
    --to=akpm@linux-foundation.org \
    --cc=ak@muc.de \
    --cc=johnstul@us.ibm.com \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=mingo@elte.hu \
    --cc=tglx@linutronix.de \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox