From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757015Ab2DMVuP (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:50:15 -0400 Received: from smtp.snhosting.dk ([87.238.248.203]:15186 "EHLO smtp.domainteam.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755127Ab2DMVuO (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:50:14 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:50:12 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Linus Torvalds Cc: David Miller , akpm@linux-foundation.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT] Sparc Message-ID: <20120413215012.GA31739@merkur.ravnborg.org> References: <20120413.152455.900761231064979707.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:46:34PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:24 PM, David Miller wrote: > > > > With special guest sparc64 assembler hacker, Paul E. McKenney. > > Oh christ. You're teaching *more* people about sparc64? You do not get it... How many people are pondering around tweaking every bit of x86 specific code? A lot! Let them have fun competing :-) In sparc land things are much more quiet. And there are some nice tasks to be done that is good for the kernel, as users of old cruft is sometimes hindering forward progress. And when one is away for a few months things has not dramatically changed since last you looked. Sam