Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
2.6.20 has been released and (I think) it is the time of merge-window
for 2.6.21. I want this patch to be merged at this time.
Please tell me if there are anything I should do.
FYI, Jeff, we have merged the rest of the celleb platform support in the
2.6.21 merge window, so it would be annoying if that didn't make it
agreed, that's on the list to get pushed
(that and some spidernet fixes).
I'm totally confused about who the heck is the spidernet maintainer. My
inbox is pelted by spidernet driver updates from multiple people, and
often the spidernet patches (regardless of author) receive comments that
give me pause. The MAINTAINERS file says
SPIDERNET NETWORK DRIVER for CELL
P: Jim Lewis
M: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
L: netdev@vger.kernel.org
S: Supported
but I do not see patch roll-ups or much activity from him at all. In
practice, it seems like Linas does patchsets for spidernet, but there is
also Jakob Osterkemp(sp?) and Ishizaki and....
My overall impression of spidernet development is that EVERYBODY is
submitting patches at once, and expecting me to sort out the mess. No
thanks.
Speaking with one voice would be much appreciated. And said speaker
should patch the MAINTAINERS file to reflect reality.
Jeff
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