[PATCH] ppc: Export empty_zero_page
    Theodore Tso 
    tytso at mit.edu
       
    Thu Mar 13 01:42:39 EST 2008
    
    
  
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 02:41:10PM +1100, Tony Breeds wrote:
> 
> I suspect you meant arch/*powerpc* arch ppc, wont fix the problem ;P
> 
Um, right.  I didn't know about this:
> Why:  The arch/powerpc tree is the merged architecture for ppc32 and ppc64
>      platforms.  Currently there are efforts underway to port the remaining
>      arch/ppc platforms to the merged tree.  New submissions to the arch/ppc
>      tree have been frozen with the 2.6.22 kernel release and that tree will
>      remain in bug-fix only mode until its scheduled removal.  Platforms
>      that are not ported by June 2008 will be removed due to the lack of an
>      interested maintainer. 
Oops, sorry.  So should I not bother with a patch to arch/ppc at all?
I guess it's somewhat likely that whatever is left in arch/ppc is not
likely to need to support ext4?
Back with a real patch in just a bit.  :-)
						- Ted
    
    
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