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Message-ID: <20101122184559.GA10879@kroah.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:45:59 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To: Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc: stable@...nel.org, linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [linux-pm] [git pull 2.6.36.stable] intel_idle
patches for 2.6.36.stable
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 01:36:31PM -0500, Len Brown wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> I retract my intel_idle pull requests for .stable
>
> The idle-release branches in...
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/
> linux-idle-2.6.32.git
> linux-idle-2.6.35.git
> linux-idle-2.6.36.git
>
> are for distros and others that want to run the latest intel_idle
> driver on the specified release. The backports in these trees
> contain every upstream patch that touch the driver, including new
> platform support and any dependent cosmetic patches.
>
> So they are optimized for the maintenance task of comparing
> the backport versus the upstream driver to verify the release
> includes everything that is upstream.
> However, as it does not exclude cosmetic or trivial patches,
> the backports do not qualify for inclusion in .stable.
>
> Sorry to bother you.
No problem at all, glad to see you change your mind :)
thanks,
greg k-h
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