From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936515AbXGZWSF (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:18:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762513AbXGZWRz (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:17:55 -0400 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:22356 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1764718AbXGZWRy (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:17:54 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.16,584,1175497200"; d="scan'208";a="110387699" Message-ID: <46A91D8F.2000202@intel.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:17:51 -0700 From: "Kok, Auke" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070623) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds CC: "Nelson, Shannon" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] I/OAT: Add support for DCA - Direct Cache Access References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Jul 2007 22:17:52.0188 (UTC) FILETIME=[CEBC57C0:01C7CFD2] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Nelson, Shannon wrote: >> In order to include support for DCA (Direct Cache Access) from IOAT, >> please pull from my git tree at >> git://lost.foo-projects.org/~sln/linux-2.6 dma-upstream > > No. It's after the merge window, and I'm not interested for 2.6.23. > > Why cannot people learn? If it didn't get into -rc1, it's not in. It > really is that simple. I shouldn't have to shout at people. I/OAT / dmaengine patch merge path has been a complete mystery and unestablished. Dave Miller acked these patches during the merge window, so if Shannon can only send these to you during that period, and you are 100% likely to miss the Acks, this will never get merged. Perhaps David should start merging I/OAT stuff instead? Someone else? Chris had the same issues when he was maintaining this. Auke