Re: [PATCH 02/22] 2.6.22-rc3 perfmon2 : generic kernel modifications

From: Stephane Eranian
Date: Wed May 30 2007 - 09:57:25 EST


Stephen,

On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 11:42:06PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> On Wed, 30 May 2007 06:34:03 -0500 Robin Holt <holt@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > That breaks git-bisect. Just introducing new text, but not actually using
> > it makes it appear to somebody using git-bisect to identify the source of
> > a problem as though all the changes came in at the same time. Bad idea.
>
> But the patch set as it is includes references to files that do not exist
> and so breaks the build.
>

The patches are split artificially to make it easier to read on LKML.

There is no intention on my part to make them such that individually they
can build a kernel. You need at least the base+common+ your arch to
compile. The common code is divided by functionality. All functionalities
are required.

--
-Stephane
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