Re: why is a patch still needed?

Matthew Wilcox
2004-03-23T19:39:49Z

On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 11:34:13AM -0800, Justin Karneges wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 March 2004 4:33 am, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Are these patches eventually integrated into the kernel? And their
> availability on a separate website is there for people who don't want to wait
> for the next kernel release? In other words, if I wait until kernel 2.6.5,
> do I get the ACPI stuff offered on your website today?

As you'd know if you looked in the archives of this mailing list,
the ACPI tree is merged into Linus' tree on a regular basis.

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