Re: patch-2.6.21.3-rt9 misnamed?

From: K.R. Foley
Date: Thu May 31 2007 - 17:06:38 EST


Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * K.R. Foley <kr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>> * K.R. Foley <kr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ingo,
>>>>
>>>> I believe that patch-2.6.21.3-rt9 is misnamed. It applies cleanly to
>>>> 2.6.21 but seems to contain stuff that is already in 2.6.21.3.
>>> yes - it includes all of 2.6.21.3.
>>>
>>> Ingo
>>>
>> So actually it is not really misnamed, it's just done a bit
>> differently than previous versions. Sorry.
>
> yeah. Maybe we should make the 2.6.21.3 -rt patches relative to 2.6.21.3
> - but that would be one extra patching step for people who already have
> a 2.6.21 tree. But ... maybe that makes the most sense after all.
>
> Ingo
>

Well don't change any of this on my account. Whatever is easiest for
everyone else is fine with me. I was merely pointing it out to possibly
help someone else out rather than as a complaint.

--
kr
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