On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 04:25:37PM +0200, Romain Rivière wrote:
> Hi,
> On 12/07/2021 13:34, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
>>> One more question to Herbert, would that effort guarantee a VS patch
>>> that would be maintained/updated as long as the 5.10/5.11 kernel?
>>> If so, I would be OK to contribute a bit more than my original idea.
>> Till now, I've always maintained/updated a patch as long as the
>> kernel branch was still alive. I do not plan to change that for
>> 5.10/5.11.
> Please forgive me if this sounds "pushy", my intent is not to
> belittle your efforts but just to clarify what to expect from
> this funding effort :)
Nah, no problem there.
> At the moment, the latest patch available against 4.9 is 9.5
> months old.
> I checked it against 4.9.272 last month and it has a few
> rejected hunks, although I haven't investigated their severity.
It is quite simple, when I get a report that the patch doesn't
apply anymore, then I'll update the patch.
> I fully understand that a new kernel patchlevel doesn't always
> warrant a new VS patch.
> But could we expect the failed hunks to be investigated and
> fixed during the kernel branch's lifetime?
I also update patches when somebody asks nicely for a specific
version (even an older one), so yes, you can expect those patches
to get updated during the kernel branch's lifetime.
Best,
Herbert
PS: patches have been updated for 4.4.275 and 4.9.275. enjoy!
> Cheers
> --
> Romain
Received on Tue Jul 13 00:04:18 2021