On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 04:25:37PM +0200, Romain Rivière wrote: > Hi, > On 12/07/2021 13:34, Herbert Poetzl wrote: >>> One more question to Herbert, would that effort guarantee a VS patch >>> that would be maintained/updated as long as the 5.10/5.11 kernel? >>> If so, I would be OK to contribute a bit more than my original idea. >> Till now, I've always maintained/updated a patch as long as the >> kernel branch was still alive. I do not plan to change that for >> 5.10/5.11. > Please forgive me if this sounds "pushy", my intent is not to > belittle your efforts but just to clarify what to expect from > this funding effort :) Nah, no problem there. > At the moment, the latest patch available against 4.9 is 9.5 > months old. > I checked it against 4.9.272 last month and it has a few > rejected hunks, although I haven't investigated their severity. It is quite simple, when I get a report that the patch doesn't apply anymore, then I'll update the patch. > I fully understand that a new kernel patchlevel doesn't always > warrant a new VS patch. > But could we expect the failed hunks to be investigated and > fixed during the kernel branch's lifetime? I also update patches when somebody asks nicely for a specific version (even an older one), so yes, you can expect those patches to get updated during the kernel branch's lifetime. Best, Herbert PS: patches have been updated for 4.4.275 and 4.9.275. enjoy! > Cheers > -- > Romain