From: Dave Jones <davej-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
To: "Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)" <john.cagle-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Darren Benham <dbenham-FG1iuTdj8bisTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>,
acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: redhat comment about intel not taking patches?
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 12:11:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030213121153.E1647@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C50AB9511EE59B49B2A503CB7AE1ABD10440E3DB-Iar2LzuD2f6P0FQRY6S+e9kSKC0Mw0DFJ8am2ALHCgk@public.gmane.org>; from john.cagle-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org on Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 10:11:26PM -0600
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 10:11:26PM -0600, Cagle, John (ISS-Houston) wrote:
> Can you be more specific in your comments regarding Compaq hardware? We
> test our ProLiant servers with Linux and ACPI, and our BIOS is designed
> for many different operating systems, including Linux, Unix and NetWare.
> On the other hand, it is unreasonable to expect that our laptop and
> desktop divisions test with Linux ACPI for two big reasons: first, the
> Linux OS has a very small share of those markets, and second, Red Hat's
> releases don't even have ACPI support.
So, Red Hat doesn't include ACPI because it doesn't work on Compaq
laptops[1], and Compaq won't test it because Red Hat don't ship it ?
Nice catch 22 8-)
Dave
[1] Among others..
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-13 4:11 redhat comment about intel not taking patches? Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)
[not found] ` <C50AB9511EE59B49B2A503CB7AE1ABD10440E3DB-Iar2LzuD2f6P0FQRY6S+e9kSKC0Mw0DFJ8am2ALHCgk@public.gmane.org>
2003-02-13 7:58 ` Darren Benham
2003-02-13 11:11 ` Dave Jones [this message]
2003-02-13 12:45 ` redhat comment about intel not taking patches? - Compaq Hardware Troy Schultz
[not found] ` <1045140314.14099.5.camel-QUVSR2uV0NY@public.gmane.org>
2003-02-13 16:22 ` Chris Howells
2003-02-13 20:36 ` Alan Cox
[not found] ` <1045168611.6493.7.camel-MMxVpc8zpTQVh3rx8e9g/fyykp6/JSeS3vcXtXqGYxw@public.gmane.org>
2003-02-14 9:23 ` Duncan Gibb
2003-02-13 16:35 ` HP-Compaq laptops and Linux ACPI (was RE: redhat comment about intel not taking patches?) Duncan Gibb
2003-02-13 18:10 ` Richard Black
[not found] ` <1045154118.14935.64.camel-h9eRTumTmmZjMu4AB9qoK9F8XQ1HzYRO@public.gmane.org>
2003-02-13 17:41 ` Faye Pearson
2003-02-14 2:30 ` Luming
[not found] ` <20030214023027.43928.qmail-9BQvNTzFdpmA/QwVtaZbd3CJp6faPEW9@public.gmane.org>
2003-02-14 9:17 ` Duncan Gibb
[not found] ` <1045214222.14935.125.camel-h9eRTumTmmZjMu4AB9qoK9F8XQ1HzYRO@public.gmane.org>
2003-02-17 2:07 ` Luming
[not found] ` <20030217020732.72828.qmail-uB9Tpqv8kgqA/QwVtaZbd3CJp6faPEW9@public.gmane.org>
2003-02-17 8:32 ` Duncan Gibb
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2003-02-14 14:21 redhat comment about intel not taking patches? Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)
2003-02-12 21:24 Grover, Andrew
[not found] ` <F760B14C9561B941B89469F59BA3A84725A175-sBd4vmA9Se4Lll3ZsUKC9FDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>
2003-02-13 2:55 ` Darren Benham
2003-02-10 18:16 Kevin Fenzi
[not found] ` <20030210181607.2876.qmail-+bl/7iUgRMUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2003-02-10 21:43 ` Alan Cox
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