Alan, Unless Larry is doing something silly or low-level in his code, it should just compile, don't you think? He can either get an LCDS instance to do the work, or I can create an account for him on one of mine. If you could ask him to contact me, I would appreciate it. He would probably respond better if the original contact came through you.
I understand the desire to have patches come from someone more familiar with the platform. I'm just concerned about the fact that I, along with a lot of other people on this list, are definitely _not_ C developers, and have no real experience hacking on the kernel. (Not to mention the time constraints. Sigh.) I don't think EDS would be willing to pay my salary just to keep the Linux/390 bits of the kernel in line, even if I really wanted to do that full time. Sounds like a job that needs further delegation. :) Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Cox Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.24 qeth.o - unresolved symdol show_trace On Gwe, 2004-01-30 at 04:16, Post, Mark K wrote: > Also, if I were to get involved with something like that, is there a bk > client for Linux/390? (I'm willing to do something to help get these > blasted patches integrated.) I would be that Larry will roll a 390 client if someone can give him the right bits (or explain hercules 8)). The big difference really is that IBM release tested patches to recent releases, and don't always integrate them or track current kernels (and Im sure there is good business sense in bits of that decision). > On the other hand, David Boyes is more than willing to give Marcelo an > account on Sine Nomine's z/VM system if Marcelo would be able (and willing) > to make use of it. That would probably be the preferred situation for > everyone. Delegation works better. You know S/390 better for example. I can't speak for Marcelo but I certainly preferred having non x86 stuff come from someone who had merged it with the latest code, run it and thinks it works, than to do it myself. Alan
