current to 6-stable merge plans/policy

[Olivier Houchard]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 08:05:44AM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote:
> John Hay wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> > 
> > What are the ideas (policy) about merging the arm/ixp425/avila stuff
> > to 6-stable? I see some arm stuff gets merged, but it does not look
> > like everything? Is it just that people merge what they need?
> > 
> > Just trying to get a feel for it. Up to now I have used 6-stable on
> > our soekris and wrap boards, but we are probably going to use the
> > Avila boards a bit more, so I was wondering if I should use -current
> > or 6-stable on them. Up to now my Avila and ADI testing was done with
> > -current, but I'm not sure if that is a good idea for boxes that will
> > end up in rural areas far far away. Hmm. Not that I have seen a panic
> > on the Avila boards, but they have gone through a lot less testing up
> > to now.
> 
> Not sure what's been missed.  I see no reason not to MFC anything
> arm-related unless it breaks code compatibility (and even there it's
> unlikely there are 3rd party codes to worry about).
> 
> 	Sam

Hi John,

Sorry for lack of answers, I really need to get back in the loop.
Avila works fine in RELENG_6. Generally, MFC'ing arm stuff should happen more
often.
On an unrelated note, your changes (I think, maybe I should've had a closer
look) seem to provoke an interrupt storm on ATA when there's no CF card
inserted, I seem to remember it may be why we did some ugly stuff.

Olivier