From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751872AbWJADsg (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:48:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751865AbWJADsf (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:48:35 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:52203 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751849AbWJADsd (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:48:33 -0400 Message-ID: <451F3A8F.7040608@garzik.org> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:48:31 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060913) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Netdev List CC: Linux Kernel , Andrew Morton , "David S. Miller" Subject: netdev-2.6.git frozen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.3 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Similar to David's recent announcement, netdev-2.6.git is now closed to new features. Though really, [my fault] I should have posted this as soon as the merge window opened. The stuff that goes into each new release, when the merge window opens, should be stuff that has already been through a round of testing in -mm. The updates presented in netdev -- e100, e1000, ixgb and sky2 -- will go upstream tomorrow. Everything else will be fixed. And the message for the future is: don't wait until the merge window opens, to submit your test. Doing so means it doesn't get the normal amount of testing and review, and is thus discouraged. Jeff