From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 13:47:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 13:47:00 -0500 Received: from cambot.suite224.net ([209.176.64.2]:11275 "EHLO suite224.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 13:46:47 -0500 Message-ID: <004101c07748$60a74720$9842b0d1@pittscomp.com> From: "Matthew D. Pitts" To: Cc: In-Reply-To: <862569CB.0060544C.00@smtpnotes.altec.com> Subject: Re: Change of policy for future 2.2 driver submissions Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 13:50:26 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Alan Cox Cc: Daniel Phillips ; Mark Hahn ; Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 12:32 PM Subject: Re: Change of policy for future 2.2 driver submissions > On another subject, is all this new "testXX-preYY" stuff over now that 2.4.0 is > out, and will we be going back to the standard x.y.z numbering scheme? Or is > this another thing that's changed for good? I really miss being able to apply > all the patches at once with linux/scripts/patchkernel. > > Wayne > Wayne, The versions of patch-kernel included in 2.3/2.4 support extra version information, so patches from Linus and others (i.e. Alan Cox) can be applied if proper information is placed in the kernel Makefile. Matthew D. Pitts mpitts@suite224.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/