linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [1/12] x86: Work around mmio config space quirk on AMD Fam10h

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Message-ID: <20070813030632.GA1445@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:06:32 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, dean@...tic.org, patches@...-64.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [1/12] x86: Work around mmio config space quirk on AMD
	Fam10h

On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 12:15:26PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

 > Bugs happen, but (a) they should happen during the merge window, not when 
 > we're in stabilization phase and (b) the percentages here were just not 
 > very good.

This does make me wonder, why these weren't caught in -mm ?
Andrew lines up Andi's quilt series in each run afaik, or was
the last patchbombing all stuff that bypassed -mm for some reason?

	Dave

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