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Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:07:39 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, Greg Ungerer <gerg@...pgear.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...inux.org>,
	linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, stable@...nel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH for 2.6.28 stable] m68knommu: fix m68knommu defconfig
	can't build


* Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:

> We just did the exercise with sparc/sparc64 unification and if you 
> forget the few times I broke sparc32 then it went well with only limited 
> problems.

We also had the x86 unification finished in the past year which went very 
well too, so i can only encourage similar efforts.

> One key factor why it went well was that patches were reviewed and 
> applied within a few days whch is why I stresses that the maintainer 
> needs spare time to support the effort.

Yes.

Unification is the Linux meme of the century i guess ;-)

There's two main unification themes:

 - per arch unification (x86, powerpc, sparc

 - cross-arch unification: the moving of useful stuff out of architectures 
   into the core kernel (genirq, gtod, etc.).

	Ingo
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