From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] s4bios for 2.5.59 + apci-20030123 Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 18:46:10 +0100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20030207174609.GA129@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20030206153757.GB19350@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <20030206165340.D7D361480A@o-o.yi.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030206165340.D7D361480A-RAHWjsxJnJUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Lyle Seaman Cc: Nigel Cunningham , ACPI List List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > No, no. It has to be exactly the same kernel, otherwise you get a nice > > crash (if you are lucky) and ugly data corruption (when you are not); > > there's check to prevent that and panic, however. > > but why does this happen? is the kernel text not being replaced? Kernel text is not replaced, and we rely on kernel being same size as before. Pavel -- Worst form of spam? Adding advertisment signatures ala sourceforge.net. What goes next? Inserting advertisment *into* email? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com