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Message-Id: <200708130808.46989.a1426z@gawab.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:08:46 +0300
From: Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: How to make -mm a more viable testbed (was: [PATCH] [1/12] x86: Work around mmio config space quirk on AMD)
Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Aug 2007, Dave Jones wrote:
> >
> > This does make me wonder, why these weren't caught in -mm ?
>
> I'm worried that -mm isn't getting a lot of exposure these days. People do
> run it, but I wonder how many..
Well, I'm not running it because it's got too much garbage in it, which makes
it a pretty unrealistic testbed. And to make matters worse, I also stay
away from rc's as a consequence.
To make -mm more viable, it may be advisable to restructure -mm in such a way
as to be a Kconfig option to mainline. This would probably involve some
patch management functionality to apply experimental submissions on a
per-patch basis, as opposed to being a 'take it or leave it slam onto
mainline' patch.
Thanks!
--
Al
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