Re: [PATCH] HOWTO: Updates on subsystem trees, patchwork, -next (vs.-mm)

From: Stefan Richter
Date: Mon Jan 18 2010 - 10:21:00 EST


Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:39:46 +0100, Stefan Richter said:
[...]
>> -2.6.x -mm kernel patches
[...]
> I'm not sure that nuking *all* reference to it is appropriate.
>
> On the other hand, I think there's like 3 other guys besides myself that
> actually test -mm kernels, so maybe the best bet is to see if it makes it
> upstream via the -mm route. ;)

-mm had and still has other purposes than the one for which -next was
established. There is mention of -mm in
Documentation/development-process/, but if desired, I could attempt a
brief explanation of -mm for HOWTO.
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Stefan Richter
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