Re: [PATCH] ppc: add support for new powerbooks

Benjamin Herrenschmidt [off-list ref] wrote:

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I don't think I'm adding much value handling ppc/ppc64 patches, really. 
I'd prefer to get out of that business.

It would be better to have an arch maintainer who runs a git tree, same as
ia64, arm, etc.

And, given the amount of shared infrastructure, I suspect it would have to
be a single git tree for both architectures.

I'd still sweep up random ppc patches, but those will go into mainline via the
originator->mm->git-powerpc->linus route.

Possible?

Well, I'm personally no fan of the git route as it causes us to have
less review on the list imho

Well yes, that's a generic problem with subsystem trees.  I suppose one
could enforce processes which prevent it from happening.

(too easy also for me to just bounce a
patch to paulus to shove in his git tree :) though that's what I've been
doing for the last few days at least. But if you prefer that way, yes,
it's certainly possible.

OK, well please think about it.  It's not a ton of work at this end at
present, but a) you lazy bums don't ack most of the things I cc you on, so
it's rather open-loop and I don't know whether I'm merging wrong patches
and b) there's now increasing potential for patches in -mm to clash with
patches in Paul's git tree.

The latter can be solved easily enough: I add Paul's git tree to the -mm
lineup.   Gimme.