I am new to testing PPC builds of the kernel, so pardon
my ignorance. Is there a good reason why the fixes made
for the PPC kernel show up on linuxcare.com.au::linux-pmac-devel
and hq.fsmlabs.com:5000 long before they get merged into the
ftp.kernel.org tree? Is it thought that having discussions of
PPC related problems on the linux-kernel list would be too
distracting (although I can't see why it would be) to the rest
of the business at hand?
It seems to me that centralizing communication a bit more
(I know that the linux-kernel list is like drinking from a
fire hose already) would be helpful.
Thanks,
Miles
Andre Hedrick wrote:
>
> On Tue, 9 May 2000, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > > Not me........
> > > It is clear that not all ATA changes go through ME, regardless of platform
> >
> > Pmac never has. All pmac changes regardless of other stuff go via Cort and
> > Paul. Same as sparc stuff is DaveM
>
> As far as Sparc, I believe that DaveM has passed that task on to me.
>
> PPC in the past set me updates because of the dependency on the jumbo-ata
> patch code. I do like to be kept up on any changes in the subsystem since
> it now is no longer ix86 centric.
>
> That is all that I ask.
>
> Since the communication breakdown between Paul and myself happened without
> me knowing when where or why........I always get various side notes from
> users asking me "did you know this change"? HuH? is the general answer.
>
> Since Jens and I have reworked the *rq for ATA and would like to add to
> all ARCHs all the data-safety catch options, I like to know that is up.
>
> Especially since I will be going to Apple to get info on there newest HOST
> to write tuning code to maximize performance, I hope to be able to work
> closer with the PPC gang.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andre Hedrick
> The Linux ATA/IDE guy
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