From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Voluspa Subject: Re: [2.6.16-rc2] Error - nsxfeval - And uncool silence from kernel hackers. Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 03:50:51 +0100 Message-ID: <20060210035051.55dbb74a.lista1@telia.com> References: <20060210000101.2f028801.lista1@telia.com> <20060209233233.GB23971@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net ([81.228.11.159]:13504 "EHLO pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751015AbWBJCu4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Feb 2006 21:50:56 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20060209233233.GB23971@kroah.com> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Greg KH Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, len.brown@intel.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 --