>>>>> "Muli" == Muli Ben-Yehuda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Muli> On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 01:50:21PM +0200, Aharon Schkolnik
Muli> wrote:
>> >>>>> "Oleg" == Oleg Goldshmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
Oleg> Aharon Schkolnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Not only
Oleg> that, I could not even find anything related in the code
Oleg> (2.4.20 though). Out of curiosity, where did you find it?
>> >> Google search
>>
Oleg> Oh, it's a patch... ;-)
>> Wouldn't it be more correct to say that it WAS a patch which
>> has since been incorporated into the mainstream kernel code ?
Muli> If you're talking about cpufreq, it has been merged in 2.5,
Muli> but not (AFAIK) in 2.4.
Hmm. If it hasn't been merged, wonder how I ended up with it ?
Muli> I see that you were compiling 2.4.18-19.8.0. That's not a
Muli> numbering scheme I'm familiar with - where did you get this
Muli> kernel? is this a distribution kernel?
RedHat update.
>> Isn't that a normal course of events for kernel changes ?
Muli> Not necessarily. Some get merged, some don't, depending on
Muli> their technical quality, ability to solve a real world
Muli> probelm, code quality and maintainer's outlook. Then, we
Muli> have numerous kernel trees, each with a different maintainer
Muli> and a different policy of what gets in and what doesn't.
Of course, but what I meant is that it is normal for a patch to be
merged into the kernel source, and then cease to be a patch.
>> If it has been incorporated into the kernel, shouldn't it be
>> documented ?
Muli> In an ideal world, yes. In the Linux kernel development
Muli> world... unfortunately not always.
Of course.
>> If it doesn't work as a module, shouldn't it be impossible to
>> build it as a module ?
Muli> In a stable kernel release, definitely. In a development
Muli> kernel, again, not necessarily.
Wonder if RedHat is "releasing" (as an update) development kernels.
>> Seems to me that someone slipped up here.
Muli> Send a bug report... it never hurts. But send it to the
Muli> maintainer of 2.4.18-19.8.0, whoever that is.
Well, I'm willing to do my part.
Could someone point me in the right direction for sending in a bug
report on this. Who does it need to go to ? Is there a fixed format ?
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