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

Michael Evans
2007-08-28T19:27:23Z

On 8/28/07, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
> 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
> *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
>

Gentoo's mm-sources is version 2.6.23-rc3-mm1, which I'd guess is
close enough for an area like this. Given that I didn't need to make
any changes to the patch should I just submit it to the mm for testing
without rebooting in to an mm-sources kernel? I need to schedule when
I do that so it would take me overnight to do so.