Kernel prepatch 3.17-rc1
Linus has released 3.17-rc1 and closed the
merge window for this release. He had suggested that the merge window
could be extended, but that's not how things turned out. "I'm going
to be on a plane much of tomorrow, and am not really supportive of
last-minute pull requests during the merge window anyway, so I'm closing
the merge window one day early, and 3.17-rc1 is out there now."