From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de>
To: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>, Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@hp.com>,
Kevin Stansell <kstansel@us.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] Add insmod option to force the use of the backup timer.
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:20:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45E6D309.5050409@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070228185505.GA17193@redhat.com>
Dave Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:23:46AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> > The test which automatically enables the backup timer on some HP
> > machines doesn't trigger on other hardware which needs the backup
> > timer too.
>
> Did you figure out *why* that test doesn't trigger?
I didn't, probably a slightly different hardware bug.
> Making that work seems a better solution to me than adding magic
> options that users won't know they have to use.
Sure, that would be better. I'll leave that to the ibm guys who own the
hardware in question ;)
cheers,
Gerd
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Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-01 13:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-28 10:23 [patch] Add insmod option to force the use of the backup timer Gerd Hoffmann
2007-02-28 18:55 ` Dave Jones
2007-03-01 13:20 ` Gerd Hoffmann [this message]
2007-03-06 3:03 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-06 4:22 ` Alex Williamson
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