Re: [2.6.16-rc2] Error - nsxfeval - And uncool silence from kernel hackers.

[Voluspa <lista1@telia.com>]

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 15:32:33 -0800 Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 12:01:01AM +0100, Voluspa wrote:
> > 
> > Booted 2.6.16-rc2 on my AMD x86_64 notebook and saw something new in the
> > log (different from 2.6.15):
> 
> So, 2.6.16-rc2 works just fine, with out your reversal of that one
> patch?

Eh, I bundled two issues in my rant. 1) nsxfeval, which the ACPI guys
have confirmed is pure noise and can be forgotten. 2) "PCI: Failed to
allocate mem resource" which has been there since the commit I pointed
to, and never has effected the machine negatively (as far as I can tell).
So yes, 2.6.16-rc2 seems fine, and I don't patch it for that PCI thing.
It's just that the message is present and will worry people 'forever'
if nothing is done.

There is another issue, but it's not a regression. I'll file a
bugzilla for that in a couple of days. Or a week...

> > "1) Silence is _not_ golden."
> > 
> > Please, we the users breathe and bleed just like you do.
> 
> Sorry, and like you, we are human and drop things on the floor all the
> time.  Sorry for not following up on this before.
> 
> Persistance is a good trait to have when dealing with overworked kernel
> developers :)

Yeah, I know, sorry if I jabbed too hard. I was caught up in a sadness for
anyone who's mail is ignored. There is a form of humiliation when that
happens on a high profile list like lkml or other kernel related lists.
A mirror of the defeat can be found on a small server in Korpilombolo for
the next two decades at least.

But I must say that during the years that I've read lkml, it _feels_ as if
the reply-rate has improved significantly. The list is not as terrifying as
it used to be.

Mvh
Mats Johannesson
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