Re: Linux 5.19-rc6

[Russell Currey]

Hi Linus,

On Wed, 2022-07-13 at 14:32 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 2:01 PM Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > 
> > If you want to apply Guenter's patch original patch:
> > https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/490184/
> > That's fine with me.
> 
> Honestly, by this time I feel that it's too little, too late.
> 
> The ppc people apparently didn't care at all about the fact that this
> driver didn't compile.
> 
> At least Michael Ellerman and Daniel Axtens were cc'd on that thread
> with the proposed fix originally.
> 
> I don't see any replies from ppc people as to why it happened, even
> though apparently a bog-standard "make allmodconfig" just doesn't
> build.

I believe Michael Ellerman has been on holiday for some time, and
Daniel Axtens no longer works on powerpc (and wasn't the one that
submitted the patch, it was submitted by Paul Mackerras, who wasn't on
CC).

The proposed fix didn't get sent to linuxppc-dev either, so it's
unlikely many ppc people knew about it.

We certainly should have noticed allmodconfig was broken, and should
have more than just Michael keeping an eye on all his automated builds.

I would count this case as ignorance rather than apathy.

- ruscur