On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 02:45:49PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: >... > > > I've seen architectures that were build-tested for the _first time_ > > > at around 2.6.24-rc8... > > > > That can't be true. > > > > Can you name what architectures you think of and why you think noone > > tried to compile them before? > > sorry, s/build-tested/boot-tested.
That's quite a difference. > there's been only 6 commits to arch/v850 between v2.6.23 and v2.6.24. > None of them seems to suggest that anyone ever tested v850 in the last > year or so. Even longer, see http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/13/539 It's the only port we have that is completely unmaintained and broken for ages. But the fact that the v850 port does not even compile is known for a long time, and nothing about this fact changed around 2.6.24-rc8. > Ingo >... cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- 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/