Re: why is a patch still needed?

Len Brown
2004-03-24T05:46:04Z

On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 18:48, Justin Karneges wrote:

> Thanks for the answer. Apologies for not searching the archives, I've found
> the SF interface doesn't easily allow for that...

try this one:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=acpi4linux

> About how far behind is the actual kernel vs the patches here?

Lately it has been under 10 days -- but this varies with the phase of
the release cycle.

> For instance,
> if 2.4.26-pre5 with today's ACPI patch functions properly for me, would it be
> safe to say that I would not need a patch with 2.4.27?

yes, unless something breaks, or you discover that what you think is
working properly isn't really working properly...

-Len