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With linux-stable becoming more popular we are reaching the limit of the |
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current numbering scheme, which is currently hacked to allow 100 patches |
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from that tree. |
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The obvious solution is to stop requiring a unique 4 digit number for |
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each patch, but I have grown to like that system, and it allows for some |
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easy-to-use scripts. |
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I also feel restricted by the current scheme, pasted below for reference. |
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1XXX critical fixes |
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1XX security |
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3XX arch-compat |
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9XX other |
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2XXX driver related patches |
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1XX network |
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3XX raid/storage |
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5XX graphics/sound |
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7XX motherboard |
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9XX other |
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3XXX performance patches |
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1XX cpu-task schedular & related |
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3XX disk/memory/swap I/O and management |
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5XX graphics/sound |
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9XX other |
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4XXX additional features. |
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1XX network |
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3XX raid/storage |
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5XX graphics/sound |
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7XX filesystem |
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9XX other |
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5XXX experimental patches |
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1XX network |
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3XX raid/storage |
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5XX graphics/sound |
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7XX filesystem |
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9XX other |
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I dislike having to file fixes for networking core and netfilter in the |
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same 'category' as fixes for network drivers. Similar situation for |
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storage. I also dislike the motherboard category which is very broad by |
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nature, generally swallowing patches for USB, PCI, ACPI, ... |
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At the same time, I don't want to get too specific: for example, there's |
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not much point differentiating between ALSA and OSS drivers, framebuffer |
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video drivers and DRI video drivers, etc. |
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There's also no point in the 3XXX and 5XXX ranges with our current |
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policy - we'd never put things under those categories. |
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Here's my new proposal. Any comments? I hope to put something similar to |
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the following into action for the first 2.6.16 release. |
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FIXES |
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1000-1400 linux-stable |
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1400-1500 linux-stable queue |
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1500-1600 architecture-related |
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1600-1700 security |
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1700-1800 mm/scheduling/misc |
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1800-1900 filesystems |
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1900-2000 networking core |
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2000-2100 storage core |
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2100-2000 power management (acpi, apm) |
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2200-2300 bus (usb, ieee1394, pci, pcmcia, ...) |
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2300-2400 network drivers |
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2400-2500 storage drivers |
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2500-2600 input |
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2600-2800 media (graphics, sound, tv) |
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2800-2900 other |
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2900-4000 reserved |
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FEATURES |
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======== |
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4000-4100 network |
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4100-4200 storage |
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4200-4300 graphics |
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4300-4400 filesystem |
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4400-4500 other |
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