From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5D01C433EF for ; Thu, 10 Mar 2022 00:45:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S239053AbiCJAqg (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2022 19:46:36 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:42082 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232540AbiCJAqa (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2022 19:46:30 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 934 seconds by postgrey-1.37 at lindbergh.monkeyblade.net; Wed, 09 Mar 2022 16:45:29 PST Received: from smtpq3.tb.ukmail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq3.tb.ukmail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.57.98]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC3B565437 for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2022 16:45:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.54.57.96] (helo=smtpq1.tb.ukmail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq3.tb.ukmail.iss.as9143.net with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nS6gl-0007ZL-6Y for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2022 01:29:55 +0100 Received: from [212.54.57.106] (helo=csmtp2.tb.ukmail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq1.tb.ukmail.iss.as9143.net with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nS6gj-0002sG-8G for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2022 01:29:53 +0100 Received: from llamedos.mydomain ([81.97.236.130]) by cmsmtp with ESMTPA id S6ginWO6qB5IlS6ginzfBV; Thu, 10 Mar 2022 01:29:53 +0100 X-SourceIP: 81.97.236.130 X-Authenticated-Sender: zarniwhoop@ntlworld.com X-Spam: 0 X-Authority: v=2.4 cv=XIEj9CtE c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=62294681 cx=a_exe a=OGiDJHazYrvzwCbh7ZIPzQ==:117 a=OGiDJHazYrvzwCbh7ZIPzQ==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=o8Y5sQTvuykA:10 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=07d9gI8wAAAA:8 a=VwQbUJbxAAAA:8 a=5gREawPU8w4pKPWqZwoA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=e2CUPOnPG4QKp8I52DXD:22 a=AjGcO6oz07-iQ99wixmX:22 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ntlworld.com; s=meg.feb2017; t=1646872193; bh=itlXJNpz8fUGS/shN3O1AKR2ZZ8QkAg/FhMvnKn4DDc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=D+ZDBuBVvEaIi8YQ4xpbEYK4eYFqIUi42FxAXwVdx4XtOubizvEK8VvgtJC5VPe/W aYRx73kkjrTpYAXF/xcbSLh/++gpCg6cmoOy1pAIdlaF8p2B+24QfVTW+9LHF5yeqs ZnMY3zMkp/kr+8vvyx5HinJqF9wq/cQZ2AjQBsPgc1tAQWoLmM+mdikK+NZUbLg34s qhRP8T1zhUyd+uH9cW68b4+NzErObc7acgJn0oFf4f6cmbOUCqQuWIdFr1VHAfOtzv d+Zn51S9Qm2yFbKjW9D201slH+8ToJZa36SP1SPOfVwUgKOr8Wv5DdNIenYYRj7o4D munX5+AksRNSA== Received: by llamedos.mydomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D5CFE60C4F; Thu, 10 Mar 2022 00:29:52 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 00:29:52 +0000 From: Ken Moffat To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Bagas Sanjaya , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, SeongJae Park , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: describe how to apply incremental stable patches Message-ID: References: <20220307063340.256671-1-bagasdotme@gmail.com> <87mthy7lif.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <87mthy7lif.fsf@meer.lwn.net> User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.1 (2022-02-19) X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfHUqsACAFenD9OguapbTyegxxLYTnV8mJh64zwNVt3Tgg+VfIvzTPQMLGrrPy5Dtpj3sfc9VQTp8vEqAvF5E5ivkgvOhV3KN4qswmB5Ct9z5E90WdV8+ meUWmYW7YmLfv9KuI17sJMcuS0me33iPkEaaFG0ZELukS7I/ObusBphPu+5p+1b5HdrombyZk3QUwlAnF/O4irBv1+CPfnAlKeX6nB55CTPTddH5BTWHs3+j 8L3r21RV6puQ+pAogSm5tnY8D60/iRcpUXb/MGKBHWb3mdWyaQaqQWjiot5+ds61wpsm+an4mh4b5vwOpJTqGtrjONrzWX8uXDnhsn4KoHs= Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 09, 2022 at 04:29:28PM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Bagas Sanjaya writes: > > > The applying patches document > > (Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst) mentions incremental stable > > patches, but there is no example of how to apply them. Describe the > > process. > > > > While at it, remove note about incremental patches and move the external > > link of 5.x.y incremental patches to "Where can I download patches?" > > section. > > > > Cc: Jonathan Corbet > > Cc: SeongJae Park > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya > > --- > > Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++++++---- > > 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > I've applied this, thanks. I do have to wonder, though, how useful this > information is anymore. Does anybody actually apply kernel-patch files > this far into the Git era? > > Thanks, > > jon I do. I have several machines with multiple systems (current, old, older, experimental) and mostly I build current kernels in the current system, and older LTS in the old systems. Ideally I will find time to test an rc, but I only use git for kernels when I need to bisect. I find it much easier to keep the initial relase tarball and chosen point patches on my local nfs. My interests are userspace, and some of my machines are comparatively slow to compile kernels. ĸen -- The beauty of reading a page of de Selby is that it leads one inescapably to the conclusion that one is not, of all nincompoops, the greatest. -- du Garbandier