Re: Linux 2.6.21-rc6

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sun Apr 08 2007 - 19:10:56 EST


On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 19:50:11 -0700 (PDT) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Ok,
> I don't think there really is anything very interesting here, but we're
> hopefully whittling down the list of regressions, and fixing various
> random other small issues while at it.
>
> Some smallish MIPS updates, networking (and network driver) fixes, removal
> of a long obsolete framebuffer driver, etc etc. The shortlog really tells
> the story.
>
> We should be getting close to a 2.6.21 release, so please update any
> regression reports you've done,
>

I'm sitting on five patches which look like 2.6.21 material, but which
would normally go through subsystem maintainers:

pcmcia:

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.21-rc6/2.6.21-rc6-mm1/broken-out/fix-hotplug-for-legacy-platform-drivers.patch
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.21-rc6/2.6.21-rc6-mm1/broken-out/fix-hotplug-for-legacy-platform-drivers-update.patch

driver core:

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.21-rc6/2.6.21-rc6-mm1/broken-out/update-documentation-driver-model-platformtxt.patch

netdev:

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.21-rc6/2.6.21-rc6-mm1/broken-out/forcedeth-work-around-null-skb-dereference-crash.patch
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.21-rc6/2.6.21-rc6-mm1/broken-out/depcac-fix-handling-of-platorm_device_add-failure.patch

net:

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.21-rc6/2.6.21-rc6-mm1/broken-out/pktgen-add-try_to_freeze.patch

please send acks, nacks or smacks asap, thanks.
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