From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: [ACPI] RE: [BK PATCH] ACPI updates Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 13:17:46 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20021206131746.C10368@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20021206125943.2199892e.hanno@gmx.de> <20021206072932.B16173@devserv.devel.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021206072932.B16173-s/M1imWmeEoQw3kMeb7FcACJwEvxM/w9@public.gmane.org>; from arjanv-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org on Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 07:29:32AM -0500 To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hanno_B=F6ck?= , "Grover, Andrew" , pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org, marcelo-KCZ47A4bww4P48s/oLjRZg@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, acpi-devel-pyega4qmqnRoyOMFzWx49A@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 07:29:32AM -0500, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 12:59:43PM +0100, Hanno B=F6ck wrote: > > I think this is a very bad news. In my opinion, the ACPI-patch > > is the most-needed kernel-patch at the moment. For many laptop-user= s > > that don't know about this patch, Linux is nearly > > unuseable.=20 >=20 > the 2.4 patch doesnt' actually offer suspend/resume capabilities; wha= t > else did you have in mind as required ? booting? --=20 "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead = bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Rob= ert Fisk