From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751704Ab0FMHCq (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jun 2010 03:02:46 -0400 Received: from s15228384.onlinehome-server.info ([87.106.30.177]:53666 "EHLO mail.x86-64.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751263Ab0FMHCp (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jun 2010 03:02:45 -0400 Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:52:43 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , LKML , x86 Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, AMD: Extend support to future families Message-ID: <20100613065243.GA21493@aftab> References: <20100602182921.GA21557@aftab> <4C101B58.2090208@zytor.com> <20100612041504.GB14077@aftab> <4C13D051.4060903@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C13D051.4060903@zytor.com> Organization: Advanced Micro Devices =?iso-8859-1?Q?GmbH?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?=2C_Einsteinring_24=2C_85609_Dornach_bei_M=FCnchen=2C_Gesc?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?h=E4ftsf=FChrer=3A_Thomas_M=2E_McCoy=2C_Giuliano_Meroni=2C?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?_Andrew_Bowd=2C_Sitz=3A_Dornach=2C_Gemeinde_Aschheim=2C_La?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?ndkreis_M=FCnchen=2C_Registergericht_M=FCnchen?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?=2C?= HRB Nr. 43632 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Date: Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 02:22:09PM -0400 > On 06/11/2010 09:15 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > > > Not yet. And I'm assuming you're driving at tagging it for -stable? > > If yes, I think a stable tag makes sense since this way the distros > > will pick it up more easily and we most definitely will need to do the > > backport later otherwise. > > > > Do you need another version with the stable tag resent or is it easier > > for you to edit the commit message of the one you have already? > > > > No, I'm not -- Linus is being really snippy about wanting regressions > only this cycle, which this is not. Yeah, so I heard :) > Once .35 is out you can talk to Greg about -stable. Right, so this is clearly .36 merge window material - I just thought I should get it out as early as possible so that it gets tested. And by the way, how about a tag which says which kernel is the patch aimed at so that maintainers know what should go where. I mean, with those gazillion patches on lkml one doesn't always know which is regression, which is a new feature but should go in earlier so that it catches the next merge window etc? I.e., something like: Aimed-at: 2.6.36+ or for regressions Aimed-at: 2.6.35-rc3 and maybe even a bug info Fixes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=.... I'm afraid this is starting to sound like Ingo's Impact: tag, at least semantically, which didn't get accepted. Hmm, anyway, I'll try adding such an information in later patches. Thanks. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Operating Systems Research Center Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.