[Cbe-oss-dev] ps3 2.6.25-stable patches

[Geoff Levand]

On 06/06/2008 01:47 AM, Dan Munckton wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 13:41 -0700, Geoff Levand wrote:
>> Geoff Levand wrote:
>> >> I created a new branch v2.6.25-stable in ps3-linux-patches.git,
>> >> and uploaded a new patchset v2.6.25-stable.0 created from that
>> >> here:
>> >> 
>> >>    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-linux/
>> >> 
>> >> These patches are against git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git
>> > 
>> > I plan to make a 2.6.25-stable.1 patchset next week based on the latest
>> > linux-2.6.25.y.  These will be used for the next distro kit kernel, to be
>> > released in a few weeks.
>> > 
>> > I will back port these patches:
>> > 
>> >   powerpc-vmemmap-variable-page-size.diff
>> >   ps3-gelic-wireless-fix-memory-leak.patch
>> >   ps3-system-bus-quiet-match-output.patch
>> 
>> Just FYI, I uploaded the 2.6.25-stable.1 patch set.
> 
> When would these patches be likely to be accepted upstream? I'm trying
> to understand how work here flows back to the kernel, when, and at what
> intervals.

The stable patches are intended for distributors to select
from for their kernel.  I'll submit any critical fixes for
the 2.6.x.y stable kernel.  Other than keeping them based
on the stable kernel, nothing else will be done with them.

Current development takes place on the ps3-linux.git tree:

  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/geoff/ps3-linux-patches.git;a=summary

-Geoff