From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: why is a patch still needed? Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:33:44 +0000 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20040323123344.GS25059@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <200403230044.49403.justin-psi@affinix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200403230044.49403.justin-psi-A4HSxAr4s6pBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Justin Karneges Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 12:44:49AM -0800, Justin Karneges wrote: > I've seen many kernel extension websites eventually say something like "no > more separate downloads necessary, just get the latest kernel", but yours > does not yet say that. Is this on the agenda? ACPI is constantly being developed. It's a large and complex specification. As a result BIOS writers get things wrong, and the ACPICA has missing bits and bugs. So there will probably always be an ACPI patch, just like there's always a netdrivers patch and always a scsi patch. -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click