Re: how quickly do PA-RISC patches make it to mainstream kernel?
On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Randolph Chung wrote:
> > On average, how far behind is the PA-RISC integration in the mainstream kernel?
> > For instance, when can I expect 2.4.22-pa17 to have been merged by upstream?
> > Will that show up in the 2.4.23 mainstream vanilla kernel, or only in 2.4.24?
>
> Never, probably. Most of the kernel developers are concentrated on 2.6.
> There's not a lot of interest to merge 2.4 stuff upstream. Besides, there
> are some hacks in the pa tree that cannot be merged upstream anyway.
While I understand all the excitement for 2.6, I really find it disturbing to
hear that upstream completely disregards integration of non-x86 work into 2.4.
If Marcello really that kind of a person that ignores non-mainstream platforms,
then he really should be replaced by someone with an appreciation for the whole
Linux kernel universe, not just for x86.
Hopefully, Andrew Morton will show better wisdom than Marcello for his tree...
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Martin-Éric Racine, ICT Consultant
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