From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Knecht Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] 2.6.31.12-rt20 Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:03:01 -0800 Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b1001211403s32a4c571s11550b2af0f8af2b@mail.gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: rt-users To: Thomas Gleixner Return-path: Received: from mail-pz0-f201.google.com ([209.85.222.201]:55511 "EHLO mail-pz0-f201.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755418Ab0AUWJ5 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:09:57 -0500 Received: by pzk39 with SMTP id 39so345801pzk.15 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:09:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-rt-users-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Congrats and thanks for all the hard work. You guys make it possible. - Mark On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Thomas Gleixner w= rote: > We are pleased to announce the next update to our new preempt-rt > series. > > =C2=A0 - forward to 2.6.31.12 > > =C2=A0 - large number of RCU assumption fixes vs. cred and tasklist_l= ock > > =C2=A0 - Priority Inheritance POSIX compliance fix > > =C2=A0 - workaround for Priority Protection POSIX compliance problem > > =C2=A0 - misc. fixlets here and there > > It took quite a while to get this update out for various reasons: > > =C2=A0 - mainline merge of the locking infrastructure changes which a= re a > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 further milestone on the way to full rt integration. Th= at merge > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 will shave off a large portion of the rt patch (don't w= orry, we > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 have enough new and exiting stuff in the pipeline to ke= ep the > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 patch size large enough) > > =C2=A0- fixing RCU assumptions in mainline and backport to 31-rt > > =C2=A0- lots of brain twisting around the POSIX scheduling policy > =C2=A0 =C2=A0compliance problems which got reported vs. Priority > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Inheritance/Protection > > =C2=A0- an extended christmas break and the resulting email backlog > > =C2=A0- our new housemate: http://tglx.de/~tglx/housemate.png > > Further plans: > > =C2=A0- a last big feature for 31-rt is pending, which is worth a sep= arate > =C2=A0 =C2=A0release: Nick Piggins VFS scalability patches. I'm still= running > =C2=A0 =C2=A0tests on that, so no promise. > > =C2=A0- I'm going to switch 31-rt into maintaince mode (with or witho= ut > =C2=A0 =C2=A0the VFS patches) and concentrate on getting .33-rcX-rt o= ut. Yes, > =C2=A0 =C2=A0there will be no .32-rt. The reason is simply that the l= ocking > =C2=A0 =C2=A0changes which got merged into .33 are making my life eas= ier and > =C2=A0 =C2=A0are the base to sort out more ready for the mainline stu= ff. > > Download locations: > > =C2=A0 http://rt.et.redhat.com/download/ (temporary out of sync) > =C2=A0 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/ > > Git release branch: > =C2=A0 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-ti= p.git rt/2.6.31 > > Git development branch: > =C2=A0 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-ti= p.git rt/head > > Gitweb: > =C2=A0 http://git.kernel.org/?p=3Dlinux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.= git;a=3Dshortlog;h=3Drt/2.6.31 > > Information on the RT patch can be found at: > > =C2=A0 http://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page > > to build the 2.6.31.12-rt20 tree, the following patches should be > applied: > > =C2=A0 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.31.12.ta= r.bz2 > =C2=A0 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/patch-2.6.3= 1.12-rt20.bz2 > > Enjoy ! > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0tglx > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-user= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html