Re: [GIT PULL] x86/atomic changes for v2.6.35

[Stephen Rothwell]

Hi,

On Wed, 19 May 2010 07:24:00 -0700 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 05/19/2010 04:46 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > <boilerplate>
> > It's a pity this wasn't raised/resolved between its detection in linux-next and
> > before it entered mainline...
> > </boilerplate>
> 
> As far as your boilerplate is concerned, I think Linus made it clear at
> the Kernel Summit that is it not the obligation of x86/ARM/PowerPC to
> slow down to not break the smaller architectures; it's the
> responsibility of those architecture maintainers to keep up.  Sorry.

I don't think this reply has anything to do with the sentiments expressed
by Geert above.  My interpretation of his comments is just that it is a
pity noone noticed the problem while it was only in linux-next and
reported it widely (like on linux-arch) so something could have been done
before it all Linus' tree.  There was no suggestion of slowing the pace
of development.
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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