Re: Linux 2.4.21-pre7

Benjamin Herrenschmidt writes:
 > On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 11:55, [e-mail] wrote:
 > > Kaj-Michael Lang writes:
 > >  > > So here goes -pre7. Hopefully the last -pre.
 > >  > >
 > >  > Won't compile for my PPC:
 > >  > ---
 > >  >         -o vmlinux
 > >  > drivers/ide/idedriver.o(.text+0x1a544): In function `pmac_outbsync':
 > >  > : undefined reference to `io_flush'
 > >  > drivers/ide/idedriver.o(.text+0x1a544): In function `pmac_outbsync':
 > >  > : relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC_REL24 io_flush
 > > 
 > > Someone updated pmac.c without testing it: io_flush() doesn't exist
 > > in 2.4.21-pre. Based on the diff from -pre6 to -pre7, I'd say the
 > > following is a reasonable approximation. My PM4400 runs with this
 > > patch right now.
 > 
 > Or just get my devel rsync.
 > 
 > Actually, what happened is that Marcelo took the version that was
 > in -ac tree, which I sent to Alan a while ago and is now outdated.
 > The io_flush macro was something I added to the arch includes and
 > later removed as I fixed the problem differently.
 > 
 > Marcelo: I sent you a fixed version, please do not apply this patch
 > but rather the one I sent you.

Ok, I can understand what happened, but shouldn't these fixes be
cc:d to or at last announced on LKML as well? It could be a month
before Marcelo does a -pre8 or -rc1.