From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: 2.6.21-mm2: ACPI exception on resume Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 21:02:37 +0000 Message-ID: <20070527210236.GF3989@ucw.cz> References: <20070519223843.GN11115@waste.org> <20070520035259.GA13224@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20070521222339.GF11115@waste.org> <20070521230349.GA645@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20070522224515.GW11115@waste.org> <20070523001943.GA3743@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20070523014825.GX11115@waste.org> <20070523041958.GA15952@khazad-dum.debian.net> <2c0942db0705222141se133553re06370476d436b12@mail.gmail.com> <20070523125100.GA826@khazad-dum.debian.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:4889 "EHLO spitz.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756261AbXE0VC5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 May 2007 17:02:57 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070523125100.GA826@khazad-dum.debian.net> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh Cc: Ray Lee , Matt Mackall , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org Hi! > > >> I shouldn't have to upgrade my BIOS to work with a new kernel any more > > >> than I should have to upgrade my browser. > > > > > >We don't agree there, as you are not talking about a stable kernel series. > > > > Ah, so you're planning on submitting these patches for 2.7 then? 2.6 > > is perpetually stable. Matt is quite correct; feel free to ask for > > clarifications from Linus et al if you need guidance. > > 2.6.x.y is stable. 2.6.x is not by any reasonably strict definition of Wrong. 2.6.x is stable as in 'must not break userspace, must not regress'. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html