[GIT PULL] omap fixes for v2.6.34-rc5
Tony Lindgren
tony at atomide.com
Tue Apr 27 12:12:17 EDT 2010
* Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation.org> [100427 08:28]:
>
> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> >
> > Please pull omap fixes from:
> >
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6.git omap-fixes-for-linus
>
> I pulled it this time, but I'm starting to get really irritated with you.
>
> These look like real fixes, but quite frankly, by -rc5, that IS NOT
> ENOUGH.
>
> They need to be _regressions_, not just cleanups and fixes for things that
> have never worked. And this is starting to be a pattern with the omap
> tree: you're not honoring the merge window properly.
>
> Just "it's a bug-fix" or "it's deleting unused code" is not enough. The
> point of the late -rc series is to fix problems from the merge window, not
> add new changes. I realize that you think that all the new changes are
> obviously good, but the fact is, bugs happen even in "obvious bug-fixes".
>
> And that's why we have the rule about late-rc pulls being about
> _regressions_ and/or major oopses/security issues. Not just random
> development that are meant to improve things.
OK point taken. I should have dealt with this earlier. Will only queue
regressions after -rc3 or so.
Regards,
Tony
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