From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 09:41:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 09:41:15 -0500 Received: from smtp3.xs4all.nl ([194.109.127.132]:7954 "EHLO smtp3.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 09:41:10 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 11:12:07 +0000 From: "Roeland Th. Jansen" To: Rik van Riel Cc: Ingo Oeser , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: Linux-2.4.x patch submission policy Message-ID: <20010110111207.A4231@grobbebol.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20010108223343.O10035@nightmaster.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from riel@conectiva.com.br on Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 06:40:21PM -0200 X-OS: Linux grobbebol 2.2.19pre6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 06:40:21PM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote: > I wasn't aware Andrea switched the way he stored his patches > lately ;) he's doing that for quite some time now (for suse's kernels too) and that works pretty well :-) > OTOH, the advantage of having a big patch means that it's > easier for me to get people to test all of the things I > have. Guess I'll need to find a way to easily get both the > small and the big patches ;) the trouble with that is also that the whole patch must be checked again and again if a new version is being sent out. Andrea's patches have th epossibility to be applied for several versions and indeed are easy to use -- apply what you want. it made SMP testing more fun compared to the big patches where nobody exactly knows what patch may have caused [in]stability. I for instance have the daunting task to check why 2.4.0 here crashes so easily without messages, except some occasional APIC error. yuck. -- Grobbebol's Home | Don't give in to spammers. -o) http://www.xs4all.nl/~bengel | Use your real e-mail address /\ Linux 2.2.16 SMP 2x466MHz / 256 MB | on Usenet. _\_v - 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/