[ewg] Re: [ofa-general] ANNOUNCE ofed backports for 2.6.22 kernel bits

[Arthur Jones]

hi michael, ...

On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 07:16:46PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> [...]
> But, for these cases where the code actually needs to be modified,
> applying a patch seems like the least evil way to do it.
> Alternatives seem to be much worse.

what is it about patches that are less evil
than changesets?  can you list some of the
advantages?

arthur