git help needed for 2.6.34 kernel branch revival

[Daniel Drake]

On 17 August 2010 15:26, Paul Fox <pgf at laptop.org> wrote:
> i probably don't understand the problem well enough.  i was
> thinking that merging in the rest of the -stable kernels (and
> there would be a lot of them, from 2.6.31.7 to 2.6.34.N) would
> get you closer, in a more automated way.  the more i think about
> it the more doubtful i am.

Ah, OK.
Unfortunately (but understandably) there is no fluid history between
stable releases that are based on a different version of Linus's
kernel. For example, there is no fluid history between linux-2.6.31.6
and 2.6.32.1

Instead, at the end of the 2.6.31 cycle, they basically throw away
everything they have and start fresh with 2.6.32. They work in
physically separated git repositories for this reason.
i.e.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.30.y.git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.31.y.git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.32.y.git

Daniel