linux-kernel - Re: kvmtool tree (Was: Re: [patch] config: fix make kvmconfig)

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Message-Id: <20130208084029.d7d97d6e26580a5512712f91@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 8 Feb 2013 08:40:29 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kvmtool tree (Was: Re: [patch] config: fix make kvmconfig)

Hi Ingo,

On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 22:46:46 +0100 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Pekka still intends to send it in the next merge window AFAIK, 

That has been true since v3.2 :-(

> and I use it for testing rather frequently so I'm not going to 
> remove it from my tree for the time being.

I didn't ask you to remove it from your tree, I just would like it
removed from that branch that is included in linux-next
(tip/auto-latest).  I know others who also use it for testing.

> Note that I never actually had any maintenance problems due to 
> it: it's orthogonal, and as long as you don't use it explicitly 
> (such as its 'make kvmconfig' feature - which is rather handy) 
> it never actually broke anything.

I don't doubt any of that, it is just that Linus has explicitly said that
he will not pull it into his tree.  Thus, it should not be in linux-next.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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