Re: [patch v3 1/1] md: Software Raid autodetect dev list not array

Randy Dunlap
2007-08-28T17:23:43Z

Michael Evans wrote:
> On 8/28/07, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
>> Michael Evans wrote:
>>> On 8/28/07, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> wrote:
>>>> Michael Evans wrote:
>>>>> Oh, I see. I forgot about the changelogs. I'd send out version 5
>>>>> now, but I'm not sure what kernel version to make the patch against.
>>>>> 2.6.23-rc4 is on kernel.org and I don't see any git snapshots.
>>>>> Additionally I never could tell what git tree was the 'mainline' as it
>>>>> isn't labeled with such a keyword (at least in the list of git trees I
>>>>> saw).
>>>> I suspect you wait for 2.5.23 release, or send it to AKPM for inclusion
>>>> in an "-mm" kernel. That's probably desirable, anyway.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>> There's another list I should CC to? Or does the section maintainer
>>> do that when they're happy with the patch?
>> Not another list; just cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org so that he can merge
>> it into the -mm kernel patches for testing. Most patches cook in the -mm
>> kernel(s) before they are merged into mainline.
>>
>> Then generally the subsystem maintainer(s) are responsible for sending
>> patches on to Linus for merging into mainline, if/when they are happy
>> with the patch and they think that it has been tested enough.
>>
>
> So I should look at the git documentation again, try to pull down
> Andrew's latest -mm, and see what I need to change (if anything) to
> patch against it? (I would probably only verify that boots once my
> self given the other testing this has already seen and how often mm
> breaks things my mythtv box likes, such as nvidia-drivers, etc,)

-mm is available only as a patchset, not via git.
There has been a git version of it, but it's not currently working and
hasn't been for 2 months or so.

I mostly use the grab_kernel script that I mentioned. It knows how
to download linux-2.6.M and how to apply -rcN, -gitN, and/or -mmN
patches to the base (linux-2.6.M).

E.g.:
grab_kernel 2.6.23-rc3-git6 $PWD
or
grab_kernel 2.6.23-rc3-mm1 $PWD

--
~Randy
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