Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-29 Thread Paul Jackson
Andrew wrote: > Ho hum. Adding a "why > this was dropped" to the email seemed too tricky. I can't speak for all the other clue deprived gits out here, but for me at least just adding a generic "If this patch was sent on to Linus, that might be one possible reason it is now dropped from *-mm."

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-29 Thread Paul Jackson
Andrew wrote: Ho hum. Adding a why this was dropped to the email seemed too tricky. I can't speak for all the other clue deprived gits out here, but for me at least just adding a generic If this patch was sent on to Linus, that might be one possible reason it is now dropped from *-mm. boiler

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Michael Krufky
Andrew Morton wrote: Michael Krufky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: However, sometimes there are patches in -mm that are incompatable with -linus. An example of this is "Pavel's pm_message_t mangling" ... OK. The way I handle an exceptional case like that is to merge the

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Andrew Morton
Michael Krufky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andrew Morton wrote: > > >Michael Krufky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>[ tracking mm stuff ] > >> > >> > While we're on the topic of how -mm works, I have a question for you. > How can I test a kernel source tree (during compilation)

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Michael Krufky
Michael Krufky wrote: However, sometimes there are patches in -mm that are incompatable with -linus. An example of this is "Pavel's pm_message_t mangling" ... Testing for the numbered 2.6.x version isn't enough of a test in a case like this, but it would be nice to be able to develop against

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Michael Krufky
Andrew Morton wrote: Michael Krufky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ tracking mm stuff ] While we're on the topic of how -mm works, I have a question for you. How can I test a kernel source tree (during compilation) to determine whether it is a -mm tree or a -linus tree? I will give

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Andrew Morton
Radoslaw "AstralStorm" Szkodzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:35:21 -0700 > Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I did? > > > > Exactly, I did untar it and I already had a directory called patches. > Of course cleaning it up took no time, as fortunately

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Randy Dunlap
Andrew Morton said: > Radoslaw "AstralStorm" Szkodzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:11:49 -0700 >> Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > >> > All done - let me know if it needs anything else. >> > >> >> You got me with a tarball w/o a directory inside. Now

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread AstralStorm
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:35:21 -0700 Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I did? > Exactly, I did untar it and I already had a directory called patches. Of course cleaning it up took no time, as fortunately I had no patches with exactly the same name and no series file in the directory

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Andrew Morton
Radoslaw "AstralStorm" Szkodzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:11:49 -0700 > Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > All done - let me know if it needs anything else. > > > > You got me with a tarball w/o a directory inside. Now I have to clean up the >

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread AstralStorm
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:11:49 -0700 Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All done - let me know if it needs anything else. > You got me with a tarball w/o a directory inside. Now I have to clean up the mess. Not the first time in life. I think I'll never learn. :) -- AstralStorm GPG

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Andrew Morton
Radoslaw "AstralStorm" Szkodzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:41:49 -0700 > Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Michael Krufky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > [ tracking mm stuff ] > > > > > > > Sigh, sorry. It's hard. -mm is always in flux. I no

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread AstralStorm
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:32:51 -0700 Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I spose I could emit a broken-out.tar.gz file occasionally (it'd be up to 5 > > times a day), > > OK, I did that. > Great! > The kernel.org propagation delay is a

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread AstralStorm
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:41:49 -0700 Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Krufky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [ tracking mm stuff ] > > > > Sigh, sorry. It's hard. -mm is always in flux. I no longer send out the > `patch was dropped' message because it disturbs people.

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Andrew Morton
Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I spose I could emit a broken-out.tar.gz file occasionally (it'd be up to 5 > times a day), but there's no guarantee that it'll compile, let alone run. > I could also send a notification to mm-commits when I do so. Would that > help? OK, I did that.

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Andrew Morton
Michael Krufky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [ tracking mm stuff ] > Sigh, sorry. It's hard. -mm is always in flux. I no longer send out the `patch was dropped' message because it disturbs people. The mm-commits list does not resend a patch when it is changed (other patches folded into it,

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Michael Krufky
Radoslaw AstralStorm Szkodzinski wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:45:41 -0400 Michael Krufky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: have filters set up so that my mailer puts all mm-commits messages from the mailing list into a special "mm-commits" folder. Each time Andrew releases an -mm kernel, I rename

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread AstralStorm
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:45:41 -0400 Michael Krufky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have filters set up so that my mailer puts all mm-commits messages > from the mailing list into a special "mm-commits" folder. Each time > Andrew releases an -mm kernel, I rename my "mm-commits" folder to >

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Michael Krufky
Radoslaw AstralStorm Szkodzinski wrote: b) It doesn't say which -mm version are they in. This is a real PITA, because I have to check patch list one after one to apply to the newest mm. I have filters set up so that my mailer puts all mm-commits messages from the mailing list into a special

MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread AstralStorm
I've a question on how to keep in touch with all those patches going into mm patchset. Yes, I know of and am subscribed to mm-commits list, but it has a few shortcomings: a) It doesn't tell which patches went into the mainline. That's not necessary, as there's always git, but comparing on commit

MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread AstralStorm
I've a question on how to keep in touch with all those patches going into mm patchset. Yes, I know of and am subscribed to mm-commits list, but it has a few shortcomings: a) It doesn't tell which patches went into the mainline. That's not necessary, as there's always git, but comparing on commit

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Michael Krufky
Radoslaw AstralStorm Szkodzinski wrote: b) It doesn't say which -mm version are they in. This is a real PITA, because I have to check patch list one after one to apply to the newest mm. I have filters set up so that my mailer puts all mm-commits messages from the mailing list into a special

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread AstralStorm
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:45:41 -0400 Michael Krufky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have filters set up so that my mailer puts all mm-commits messages from the mailing list into a special mm-commits folder. Each time Andrew releases an -mm kernel, I rename my mm-commits folder to

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Michael Krufky
Radoslaw AstralStorm Szkodzinski wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:45:41 -0400 Michael Krufky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: have filters set up so that my mailer puts all mm-commits messages from the mailing list into a special mm-commits folder. Each time Andrew releases an -mm kernel, I rename my

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Andrew Morton
Michael Krufky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ tracking mm stuff ] Sigh, sorry. It's hard. -mm is always in flux. I no longer send out the `patch was dropped' message because it disturbs people. The mm-commits list does not resend a patch when it is changed (other patches folded into it,

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Andrew Morton
Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I spose I could emit a broken-out.tar.gz file occasionally (it'd be up to 5 times a day), but there's no guarantee that it'll compile, let alone run. I could also send a notification to mm-commits when I do so. Would that help? OK, I did that. The

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread AstralStorm
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:41:49 -0700 Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Krufky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ tracking mm stuff ] Sigh, sorry. It's hard. -mm is always in flux. I no longer send out the `patch was dropped' message because it disturbs people. There were too

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread AstralStorm
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:32:51 -0700 Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I spose I could emit a broken-out.tar.gz file occasionally (it'd be up to 5 times a day), snip OK, I did that. Great! The kernel.org propagation delay is a bit of a

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Andrew Morton
Radoslaw AstralStorm Szkodzinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:41:49 -0700 Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Krufky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ tracking mm stuff ] Sigh, sorry. It's hard. -mm is always in flux. I no longer send out the `patch

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread AstralStorm
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:11:49 -0700 Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All done - let me know if it needs anything else. You got me with a tarball w/o a directory inside. Now I have to clean up the mess. Not the first time in life. I think I'll never learn. :) -- AstralStorm GPG Key

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Andrew Morton
Radoslaw AstralStorm Szkodzinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:11:49 -0700 Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All done - let me know if it needs anything else. You got me with a tarball w/o a directory inside. Now I have to clean up the mess. Not the first

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread AstralStorm
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:35:21 -0700 Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did? Exactly, I did untar it and I already had a directory called patches. Of course cleaning it up took no time, as fortunately I had no patches with exactly the same name and no series file in the directory above,

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Randy Dunlap
Andrew Morton said: Radoslaw AstralStorm Szkodzinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:11:49 -0700 Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All done - let me know if it needs anything else. You got me with a tarball w/o a directory inside. Now I have to clean up the

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Andrew Morton
Radoslaw AstralStorm Szkodzinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:35:21 -0700 Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did? Exactly, I did untar it and I already had a directory called patches. Of course cleaning it up took no time, as fortunately I had no patches

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Michael Krufky
Andrew Morton wrote: Michael Krufky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ tracking mm stuff ] While we're on the topic of how -mm works, I have a question for you. How can I test a kernel source tree (during compilation) to determine whether it is a -mm tree or a -linus tree? I will give you

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Michael Krufky
Michael Krufky wrote: However, sometimes there are patches in -mm that are incompatable with -linus. An example of this is Pavel's pm_message_t mangling ... Testing for the numbered 2.6.x version isn't enough of a test in a case like this, but it would be nice to be able to develop against

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Andrew Morton
Michael Krufky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Morton wrote: Michael Krufky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ tracking mm stuff ] While we're on the topic of how -mm works, I have a question for you. How can I test a kernel source tree (during compilation) to determine whether

Re: MM kernels - how to keep on the bleeding edge?

2005-07-26 Thread Michael Krufky
Andrew Morton wrote: Michael Krufky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, sometimes there are patches in -mm that are incompatable with -linus. An example of this is Pavel's pm_message_t mangling ... OK. The way I handle an exceptional case like that is to merge the -linus-compatible