linux-kernel - Re: Linux 4.17-rc7

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Date:   Wed, 30 May 2018 13:17:15 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        sre@...nel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        tomi.valkeinen@...com
Subject: Re: Linux 4.17-rc7

Hi!

> So this week wasn't as calm as the previous weeks have been, but despite
> that I suspect this is the last rc.
> 
> This week we had the whole "spectre v4" thing, and yes, the fallout from
> that shows up as part of the patch and commit log. But it's not actually
> dominant: the patch is pretty evenly one third arch updates, one third
> networking updates, and one third "rest".
> 
> The arch updates are largely - although not exclusively - spectre v4.
> 
> The networking stuff is mostly network drivers, but there's some core
> networking too.
> 
> And "the rest" is just that - misc drivers (rdma, gpu, other),
> documentation, some vfs, vm, bpf, tooling..
> 
> The bulk of it is really pretty trivial one-liners, and nothing looks
> particularly scary. Let's see how next week looks, but if nothing really
> happens I suspect we can make do without an rc8.
> 
> Shortlog appended as usual. Go out and test.

Any chance to still get in this one?

https://github.com/freedesktop/drm-misc/commit/2bc5ff0bdc00d81d719dad74589317a260d583ed

...it fixes display on Nokia N900, and display is rather important for
cellphone.

								Pavel
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