Re: [PATCH 21/98] ACPICA: Check for non-zero address before being converted to GAS

Len Brown
2009-04-03T16:41:50Z

On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, Lin Ming wrote:

> On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 19:59 +0800, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> > On Saturday 28 March 2009 05:30:56 Len Brown wrote:
> > > From: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
> > >
> > > Reported-by: FreeBSD community
> > > Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
> > Does this fix something for real?
>
> It's a regression fix.
> see "linux-next acpi changes make vmware server unusable"
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=123620365021296&w=2

To clarify...
this fix is in response to a regression caused by the previous patch
in this series. That is why it doesn't need to go to .stable.

thanks,
-Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center