linux-kernel - Re: Linux 5.19-rc6

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdV9Pj9V-ZPpu=BMSkPt1uA_eCvU4+bxF8ZfHjteRk2CAg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 14 Jul 2022 09:23:13 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@...il.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Harry Wentland <harry.wentland@....com>,
        Leo Li <sunpeng.li@....com>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>,
        Daniel Axtens <dja@...ens.net>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...abs.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>,
        "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        amd-gfx list <amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 5.19-rc6

Hi Linus,

On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 11:51 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 2:01 PM Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@...il.com> wrote:
> > If you want to apply Guenter's patch original patch:
> > https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/490184/
> > That's fine with me.
>
> Honestly, by this time I feel that it's too little, too late.

[...]

> So considering that the ppc people ignored this whole issue since the
> merge window, I think it's entirely unreasonable to then apply a
> ppc-specific patch for this at this time, when people literally asked
> "why is this needed", and there was no reply from the powerpc side.

Oh, it's not just this one. The lists of build regressions between v5.18
and v5.19-rc1 [1] resp. v5.19-rc6 [2] look surprisingly similar :-(

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220606082201.2792145-1-geert@linux-m68k.org
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220711064425.3084093-1-geert@linux-m68k.org

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds