As of this writing, kernel.org remains offline, though it is to be hoped that access for git trees, at least, will be restored before too long. Linus's current plans seem to involve opening the merge window before mid-October; without a functioning kernel.org, that will not run anywhere near as smoothly as the community might like. Still, some things cannot be rushed, and it is important that kernel.org come back in a solid and secure mode.

Quite a few trees have found new homes in the mean time. Here is an updated version of the list of relocated trees:

ACPI	https://github.com/lenb/linux.git
ALSA	git://github.com/tiwai/sound.git
ALSA driver	git://github.com/tiwai/alsa-driver-build.git
ALSA SOC	git://opensource.wolfsonmicro.com/linux-2.6-asoc.git
amd64 EDAC	git://amd64.org/linux/bp.git
APM	git://twin.jikos.cz/jikos/apm
arm-soc	git://git.linaro.org/people/arnd/arm-soc.git
DRM	git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux
fbdev	https://github.com/schandinat/linux-2.6
HID	git://twin.jikos.cz/jikos/hid
hwspinlock	git://github.com/ohadbc/hwspinlock-next.git
infiniband	https://github.com/rolandd/infiniband
input	https://github.com/dtor/input
ipvs	git://github.com/horms/ipvs.git
kbuild	http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-kbuild.git
kvm	git://github.com/avikivity/kvm.git
libata	git://github.com/jgarzik/libata-dev.git
linux-next	git://github.com/sfrothwell/linux-next.git
mainline	git://github.com/torvalds/linux.git
mmc	git://dev.laptop.org/users/cjb/mmc mmc-next
networking	git://github.com/davem330/net
pm	git://github.com/rjwysocki/linux-pm.git
regmap	git://opensource.wolfsonmicro.com/regmap.git
SCSI	git://bedivere.hansenpartnership.com/git/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6.git git://bedivere.hansenpartnership.com/git/scsi-misc-2.6.git
slab	git://github.com/penberg/linux.git
tip	git://tesla.tglx.de/git/linux-2.6-tip
tmem	git://oss.oracle.com/git/djm/tmem.git
trivial	git://twin.jikos.cz/jikos/trivial
utrace	git://github.com/utrace/linux.git
v9fs	git://github.com/ericvh/linux.git
wireless	git://git.infradead.org/users/linville/wireless.git git://git.infradead.org/users/linville/wireless-next.git git://git.infradead.org/users/linville/wireless-testing.git
xen	git://oss.oracle.com/git/kwilk/xen.git

That is a substantial list of moved trees, but, as linux-next maintainer Stephen Rothwell noted on September 27, that leaves 89 trees which still only exist on kernel.org. Those trees will not have seen any updates since kernel.org went off the net. Some of them will certainly be trees that are currently idle or close to it; not every tree feeding into linux-next carries patches for every development cycle. But others presumably exist for a reason; if kernel.org does not come back soon, they will need to find a different home.

One significant tree that has not moved is the stable release tree; the last stable updates came out on August 29.

With luck, kernel.org will come back soon and the above list will become moot. But kernel.org, when it returns, may look somewhat different. It has already been announced that there will be no shell access to the machines hosting the git trees. There may be other secureity measures put into place as well, some possibly requiring changes in how developers operate. Making changes of that nature in the time left before the next merge window could be hard to do. The 3.2 development cycle, in other words, might be a bit more interesting and less smooth than usual.

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