On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 11:39:25 +0200 Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > It will be solved differently longer term, but short term the fix > > > was still needed. There are limits on what can be done late > > > in the release cycle so simple patches win. > > > > Your patch got into Linus' tree in the middle of the merge window... > > Even in the middle of the merge window it might be too late > to do some large scale restructuring (as would have been needed > for this particular issue) You should have reverted the change and held it over for 2.6.23-rc1 then as other developers do with problem code. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
