From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264493AbUBIK3i (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Feb 2004 05:29:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264598AbUBIK3i (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Feb 2004 05:29:38 -0500 Received: from dodge.jordet.nu ([217.13.8.142]:12222 "EHLO dodge.jordet.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264493AbUBIK3g (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Feb 2004 05:29:36 -0500 Subject: Re: 2.6.3-rc1-mm1 From: Stian Jordet To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org In-Reply-To: <20040209022453.44e7f453.akpm@osdl.org> References: <20040209014035.251b26d1.akpm@osdl.org> <1076320225.671.7.camel@chevrolet.hybel> <20040209022453.44e7f453.akpm@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1076322566.671.10.camel@chevrolet.hybel> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 11:29:26 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org man, 09.02.2004 kl. 11.24 skrev Andrew Morton: > Boggle. That thing is 1.8MB. > > 163 files changed, 25877 insertions(+), 22424 deletions(-) > > This is the first time that anyone told me that it even existed. How on > earth could a patch to a major subsystem grow to such a size in such > isolation? When we're at kernel version 2.6.3! > > How mature is this code? What is its testing status? What is the size of > its user base? Is it available as individual, changelogged patches? > > It would be crazy to simply shut our eyes and slam something of this > magnitude into the tree. And it is totally unreasonable to expect > interested parties to be able to review and understand it. > > Could someone please tell me how this situation came about, and what we can > do to prevent any reoccurrence? I don't know more than this: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=107523583528989&w=2 But I _do_ know that ISDN is non-working for me with 2.6.x kernels without this patch. Best regards, Stian