linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86: coding style fixes in arch/x86/ia32/ia32

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Date:	Wed, 9 Jan 2008 00:57:19 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@...il.com>,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, trivial@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86: coding style fixes in arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c

> 
> > > Firstly, anyone with a forked kernel with outstanding patches that 
> > > are not in x86.git only has themselves to blame. We want to actively 
> > > discourage forking and sitting on patches too long.
> > 
> > Curious - what is the purpose of the x86.git tree these days?
> 
> what do want to imply by 'these days'?

I wondered when you wrote "anyone with a forked kernel with outstanding
patches that are not in x86.git" if this was only x86 specific patches
or more than that. I could have a slev of patches in the works
for parts that are no x86 specific (which I unfortunately do not have).

	Sam
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