From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161392AbWAMQiK (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:38:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161452AbWAMQiK (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:38:10 -0500 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:17589 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161392AbWAMQiJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:38:09 -0500 Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:37:53 +0000 From: Al Viro To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Paul Jackson , Andrew Morton , adobriyan@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.15-mm2: alpha broken Message-ID: <20060113163753.GJ27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <20060107052221.61d0b600.akpm@osdl.org> <20060107210646.GA26124@mipter.zuzino.mipt.ru> <20060107154842.5832af75.akpm@osdl.org> <20060110182422.d26c5d8b.pj@sgi.com> <20060113141154.GL29663@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060113141154.GL29663@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 03:11:54PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > It can always happen that one out of fifty patches breaks compilation on > some architectures, and I'm for sure not the one with the worst > errors/patches ratio. > > -mm is an experimental kernel and although breakages are unfortunate, > they do happen. > > I'm already compiling every single patch with both a non-modular and a > completely modular .config for i386. This is the amout of testing I can > afford. If this isn't considered enough I have to stop submtting > patches. This is not considered enough. If you can't be arsed to set up cross-compilers on your box, please *stop* shitting in headers that might affect something other than i386. It's not like doing a cross-toolchain was something hard...