linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/10] Tree fixes for PARAVIRT

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:24:51 -0200
From:	"Glauber de Oliveira Costa" <glommer@...il.com>
To:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	"Zachary Amsden" <zach@...are.com>,
	"Glauber de Oliveira Costa" <gcosta@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, ehabkost@...hat.com, jeremy@...p.org,
	avi@...ranet.com, anthony@...emonkey.ws,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	ak@...e.de, chrisw@...s-sol.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	hpa@...or.com, roland@...hat.com, mtosatti@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/10] Tree fixes for PARAVIRT

On Jan 18, 2008 8:02 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>
> * Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com> wrote:
>
> > > but in exchange you broke all of 32-bit with CONFIG_PARAVIRT=y.
> > > Which means you did not even build-test it on 32-bit, let alone boot
> > > test it...
> >
> > Why are we rushing so much to do 64-bit paravirt that we are breaking
> > working configurations?  If the developement is going to be this
> > chaotic, it should be done and tested out of tree until it can
> > stabilize.
>
> what you see is a open feedback cycle conducted on lkml. People send
> patches for arch/x86, and we tell them if it breaks something. The bug
> was found before i pushed out the x86.git devel tree (and the fix is
> below - but this shouldnt matter to you because the bug never hit a
> public x86.git tree).
>
>         Ingo
>
Other than this, it seems to build and boot fine.

Do you want me to resend ?
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