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From: debdev-C7jUcIT7jcOb5HrIuDsk0A@public.gmane.org (A Mennucc1)
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: mennucc1-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
	acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: failed patch for 2.4.20
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 18:18:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030406161833.GA11139@Tonelli.sns.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030405160855.GF23430-+pPCBgu9SkPzIGdyhVEDUDl5KyyQGfY2kSSpQ9I8OhVaa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org>

On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 05:08:55PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 05:55:52PM +0200, A Mennucc1 wrote:
> > I tried to apply acpi-20021212-2.4.20.diff.gz
> > on the kernel sources 2.4.20  that are distributed with Debian;
> > but I got too many rejects, and indeed compilation fails
> 
> this is debian's problem, not the acpi list.  there is no commitment on
> the part of the acpi developers to provide patches against any vendor's
> kernel.

it seems that Debian Mantainer who is repsonsible for the kernel adds
some patches; one of the patches was on acpi, to support it being
modular; I have tried to put together an anti-patch
(but it breaks a scsi low level driver)
 
> p.s. your mail headers are broken, they trim the list from the reply.
> 

what do you mean?

a.
-- 
Andrea Mennucc
 "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone)


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-04-06 16:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-04-05 15:55 failed patch for 2.4.20 A Mennucc1
     [not found] ` <20030405155552.GA22362-C7jUcIT7jcOb5HrIuDsk0A@public.gmane.org>
2003-04-05 16:06   ` Charl P. Botha
2003-04-05 16:08   ` Matthew Wilcox
     [not found]     ` <20030405160855.GF23430-+pPCBgu9SkPzIGdyhVEDUDl5KyyQGfY2kSSpQ9I8OhVaa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org>
2003-04-06 16:18       ` A Mennucc1 [this message]
2003-04-05 16:42   ` Sérgio Monteiro Basto
2003-04-06  0:26   ` Ralph Ronnquist

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