Re: netdev-2.6.git frozen

Jeff Garzik
2006-10-01T03:52:17Z

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 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.

s/fixed/fixes/

I wish "everything" was fixed, after tomorrow :)

> 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

s/test/code/

Apparently I need my morning Pepsi.

> amount of testing and review, and is thus discouraged.