From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753319Ab0KVSqn (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:46:43 -0500 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:36070 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751443Ab0KVSqm (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:46:42 -0500 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:45:59 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Len Brown Cc: stable@kernel.org, linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [stable] [linux-pm] [git pull 2.6.36.stable] intel_idle patches for 2.6.36.stable Message-ID: <20101122184559.GA10879@kroah.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 01:36:31PM -0500, Len Brown wrote: > Hi Greg, > > I retract my intel_idle pull requests for .stable > > The idle-release branches in... > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/ > linux-idle-2.6.32.git > linux-idle-2.6.35.git > linux-idle-2.6.36.git > > are for distros and others that want to run the latest intel_idle > driver on the specified release. The backports in these trees > contain every upstream patch that touch the driver, including new > platform support and any dependent cosmetic patches. > > So they are optimized for the maintenance task of comparing > the backport versus the upstream driver to verify the release > includes everything that is upstream. > However, as it does not exclude cosmetic or trivial patches, > the backports do not qualify for inclusion in .stable. > > Sorry to bother you. No problem at all, glad to see you change your mind :) thanks, greg k-h