linux-kernel - Re: Linux 4.19-rc7

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Date:   Mon, 8 Oct 2018 12:43:05 -0600
From:   Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@...il.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        shuah@...nel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 4.19-rc7

On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 9:48 AM Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Yet again, it's time for a kernel -rc release.  This one is bigger than
> -rc6 was, for a variety of unrelated reasons it seems.  Lots of
> different trees being merged this week, much more so than the previous
> one.  Highlights include two sets of networking fixes, lots of different
> driver subsystem fixes, arm and arm64 and x86 and riscv and powerpc64
> fixes, as well as scheduler, iommu, and vfs fixes.  Not a huge quantity
> overall, just overall a lot of different things.
>
> Given the current rate of change, and looking at the travel/conference
> schedule happening this month, it seems like we will be having a -rc8
> just to be sure 4.19 is solid as well as not having to be in the middle
> of a merge window during a conference week.  Please go test and make
> sure any remaining problems are sent in in time.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
Compiled and booted on my test system. I haven't seen any new issues compared
to 4.19-rc6

thanks,
-- Shuah