From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: How can a patch be merged upstream? Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:37:28 +0200 Message-ID: <20080827233728.GH26610@one.firstfloor.org> References: <5f6f8c5f0808250726h4649ddferff1be82c7d6203ba@mail.gmail.com> <1219712802.4116.32.camel@yakui_zhao.sh.intel.com> <20080827230939.GF26610@one.firstfloor.org> <200808280011.24839.carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:34732 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756676AbYH0Xey (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:34:54 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200808280011.24839.carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Carlos Corbacho Cc: Andi Kleen , Zhao Yakui , "Joshua C." , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, lenb@kernel.org On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:11:23AM +0100, Carlos Corbacho wrote: > On Thursday 28 August 2008 00:09:39 Andi Kleen wrote: > > > Linux can't work normally while Windows can work on such broken BIOS. Of > > > course the issue is related with the broken BIOS. The _REG object of EC > > > device is incorrect, which causes that EC device can't be initialized > > > correctly. > > > After this workaround patch is applied, Linux can also work. IMO this > > > workaround patch is reasonable. > > > > Can you please submit it with proper description? > > It might also be worth CC'ing this patch (in its final form) to stable@. I don't think it's stable material because it doesn't fix a serious Linux bug. -Andi