From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: wwp Subject: Re: ACPI status in 2.4 tree Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:50:57 +0100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20031119205057.1799808e.subscript@free.fr> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi Brown, Len, On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:09:15 -0500 "Brown, Len" wrote: > We use BK to merge into the baseline kernel, so as of this morning, > everything in the ACPI release tree > http://linux-acpi.bkbits.net:8080/linux-acpi-release-2.4.23 is also in > marcelo's 2.4 tree http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4 which is where > 2.4.23-rc2 comes from. > > So the patch on kernel.org is already obsolete, as it has already been > applied to the 2.4.23 baseline. > > This is not true for a base release that is frozen, such as 2.4.22 > because it stopped accepting patches long ago. So for 2.4.22 (and soon > 2.4.23) you'd grab the frozen base release and then apply the ACPI > release patch on top of it to get the latest ACPI changes. > > See this README for more info > http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/patches/README.A > CPI > and let me know if there is anything I can do or document that would > clarify the process. Thanx to all people for all those clarification. The more verbose ones are really relevant and helpful. Sorry if some people felt upset w/ my request or if my wish was misunderstood 'cause badly formulated :-\. Regards, -- wwp ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/