Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/17] sky2 update for 2.6.22

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 07:48:11 -0700

On Wed, 09 May 2007 00:16:48 -0400
Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > Patches are against netdev-2.6 upstream code branch.
> > 
> > This includes a several bug fixes, and code cleanup to use standard
> > functions. There are a couple of PCI changes. One bug fix, and moving
> > common code in PCI base.
> 
> The standard development process is:
> 
> 	* new code gets pushed to me during 2.6.X-rc
> 	* that code is auto-propagated to akpm's -mm tree for
> 	  additional exposure
> 	* merge window opens
> 	* I push upstream
> 
> That ensures code gets at least /some/ additional review, testing, 
> "settling" time.

Sorry for the late merge, but between the closing of OSDL office and
the fixing of critical bugs the other stuff got pushed into the "next release"
bin and wasn't really ready until now.

> This is a late date to be expecting stuff to be pushed straight into 2.6.22.

Then hold it for 2.6.23.

> Additionally, the rule for creating patches is:  diff against latest 
> vanilla linux-2.6.git tree, unless dependencies exist in netdev.  After 
> the merge window opens, #upstream is often empty or even a bit behind 
> upstream, since Linus pulls that.

One patch wouldn't have applied unless the recent patch that you
accepted was included.

> 	Jeff

-- 
Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>