Re: [000/474] 2.6.33.8-longterm review

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Sun Mar 20 2011 - 08:53:25 EST


On Sat, 19 Mar 2011, Remy Bohmer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 2011/3/18 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > On Thu, 17 Mar 2011, Greg KH wrote:
> >
> >> Yeah, I know what you are thinking, "What, 2.6.33, are you crazy?"
> >
> > Aren't we all crazy ?
> >
> >> I'd prefer it if you didn't answer that question...
> >
> > Too late. You should have put this before the question.
> >
> >> So, if you are using .33, please give this patch a test and let me know
> >> if I've messed up anything (hint, I think I did, it's up to you to
> >> figure it out, consider it a test to see if anyone actually cares about
> >> this kernel version.)
> >
> > We'll pull it into rt and figure out what breaks.
>
> Can you please elaborate somewhat on the status of the RT-patchset
> development for 2.6.38 and on?

Working on it.

> It is silent about it for quite a while now, and actually the gap
> between mainstream and the latest RT has never been this big before...
> Are there major complications, lack on time or hands? Can I help ?

I concentrated on getting stuff upstream and reworking to make it more
palatable and maintainable.

Thanks,

tglx
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