linux-kernel - Re: Compat-wireless release for 2010-10-25 is baked

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Date:	Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:52:26 -0700
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com>
To:	Johannes Stezenbach <js@...21.net>
Cc:	Ivo Van Doorn <ivdoorn@...il.com>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Compat-wireless release for 2010-10-25 is baked

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Johannes Stezenbach <js@...21.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 09:48:12PM +0200, Ivo Van Doorn wrote:
>> For rt2x00 development you can choose between rt2x00.git and
>> wireless-testing.git,
>> the trees are usually not that far apart, since smaller patches are pushed quite
>> quickly upstream. (Also rt2x00.git is rebased frequently, while
>> wireless-testing.git rarely
>> is rebased)
>
> Thanks for clarification.  I guess I'll start with wireless-testing,
> that sounds a bit more newbie-friendly.  I just want to avoid
> searching or reporting bugs which are already fixed, but your description
> sounds like changes are pushed from rt2x00.git to wireless-testing.git
> maybe weekly.

Remember, wireless-testing gets stuff from wireless-next.git sucked in
after wireless-2.6.git bits are pulled in, so really its
wireless-next.git --> linux-next.git as the daily compat-wireless is
based on linux-next.git. The wireless-testing.git tree just lets you
use a stabe RC kernel with the next kernels' 802.11 bits sucked in. So
you will get your patches merged daily on a good
John-Linville-and-Stephen-Rothwell-ate-his-wheaties-day :)

> I was afraid patches would be pushed to wireless-testing.git
> only when it's time to get ready for the next merge window.

Hell no!

  Luis
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