Re: 2.6.18-rc5-mm1

[keith mannthey <kmannth@us.ibm.com>]

On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 20:08 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 18:55:11 +0200
> Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Bjorn Helgaas napisał(a):
> > > 
> > > This ACPI "unknown exception code" problem is the same one reported here:
> > >   http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-acpi%40vger.kernel.org/msg02873.html
> > > 
> > > Basically, we just need to revert this:
> > >   http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.18-rc4/2.6.18-rc4-mm3/broken-out/hot-add-mem-x86_64-acpi-motherboard-fix.patch
> > > 
> > Thanks it works.
> > 
> 
> So...  should I drop that patch?

Yes please drop this patch.  
  I dislike breaking my boxes functionality without a consensus for the
right fix is but it appears to be breaking others.  The discussion about
what the right fix is ongoing with no definitive direction. At a minimum
this patch will need to be updated. 

Thanks,
  Keith 

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