From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: why is a patch still needed? Date: 24 Mar 2004 00:46:04 -0500 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <1080107163.18509.11.camel@dhcppc4> References: <200403230044.49403.justin-psi@affinix.com> <200403231134.13910.justin-psi@affinix.com> <20040323193949.GZ25059@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <200403231548.43785.justin-psi@affinix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200403231548.43785.justin-psi-A4HSxAr4s6pBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Justin Karneges Cc: ACPI Developers List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 18:48, Justin Karneges wrote: > Thanks for the answer. Apologies for not searching the archives, I've found > the SF interface doesn't easily allow for that... try this one: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=acpi4linux > About how far behind is the actual kernel vs the patches here? Lately it has been under 10 days -- but this varies with the phase of the release cycle. > For instance, > if 2.4.26-pre5 with today's ACPI patch functions properly for me, would it be > safe to say that I would not need a patch with 2.4.27? yes, unless something breaks, or you discover that what you think is working properly isn't really working properly... -Len ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click