linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.20-rc6-mm3

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Message-Id: <20070129211139.8d584d89.akpm@osdl.org>
Date:	Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:11:39 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
Subject: Re: 2.6.20-rc6-mm3

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:50:51 -0500
Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:

> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Temporarily at
> > 
> > 	http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/2.6.20-rc6-mm3/
> > 
> > Will appear later at
> > 
> > 	ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.20-rc6/2.6.20-rc6-mm3/
> > 
> > 
> > - Restored git-block.patch: mainly the block unplugging rework.  The
> >   problematic CFQ updates have been taken out.
> > 
> > - Restored the fsaio patches as a consequence.
> > 
> > - A huge ACPI update.
> > 
> > - A decent number of x86 patches have been temporarily dropped due to their
> >   clash against the ACPI update.
> > 
> > - A few problems reported against 2.6.20-rc6-mm2 have been fixed.
> 
> Now that kevent work has settled down, would you be open to including it 
> in -mm?
> 

I just haven't had the bandwidth to track what's been happening there
lately.  The two main things which need to be done are

-  a detailed line-by-line review

- for someone to gain a full understanding of the delta between <these
  patches> and <ulrich> and to explain these differences to mortals and to
  convince themselves and the rest of us that we're all OK.

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