From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: wwp Subject: Re: ACPI status in 2.4 tree Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:43:16 +0100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20031120164316.69c9ed36.subscript@free.fr> References: <20031119135203.373043b0.subscript@free.fr> <20031119142918.GF32464@poupinou.org> <3FBB8840.1090306@pca.it> <20031119164638.628287da.subscript@free.fr> <20031119170515.GY30485@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20031119193105.02361704.subscript@free.fr> <20031120151828.GJ32464@poupinou.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20031120151828.GJ32464-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org> 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 Ducrot Bruno, On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:18:28 +0100 Ducrot Bruno wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 07:31:05PM +0100, wwp wrote: > > Hi Matthew Wilcox, > > > > On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:05:15 +0000 Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 04:46:38PM +0100, wwp wrote: > > > > How funny that people cannot say "yes" or "no" and prefer sending > > > > unclear answers :-\. > > > > > > They're showing you how to find out for yourself. You should be > > > grateful. > > > > Hum maybe I wasn't clear in my words (sorry English is not my natural > > language). I meant that I use to look at the download site and the kernel > > changelog to find the latest ACPI code. > > > > My question was not "where to find ACPI patches for kernel X or Y?". I was just > > wondering in *usually* kernel pre-releases and release candidates were waiting > > for latest acpi to be merged or if acpi development were not sync'ed but for > > stable releases. And if more precisely, the ACPI merging shown in rc2's > > changelogs mean that all the latest ACPI changes were merged to the kernel > > source (IOW: is is necessary to apply patches over 2.4.23-rc2 to get the > > latest ACPI stuff). > > Sorry for my unclear answer. RC mean somehow code freeze, so there > is good luck that you will have only acpi fix merged. > To know what is really integrated in mainstream, you have to take a look > for the log. That apply also for other kernel projects as well. > > I hope I am a little bit more clear now. You are. Thanx for the extra (verbose) clarification :-). 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/