From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/98] ACPICA: Check for non-zero address before being converted to GAS Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:41:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <1238214733-8285-1-git-send-email-lenb@kernel.org> <5e053e77f233342b56fda419d347fd2c958b9849.1238214618.git.len.brown@intel.com> <200904021359.01408.trenn@suse.de> <1238720972.25165.2.camel@minggr.sh.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from vms173009pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.9]:54778 "EHLO vms173009pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757108AbZDCQlu (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Apr 2009 12:41:50 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([96.237.168.40]) by vms173009.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0KHJ00551ADHI95K@vms173009.mailsrvcs.net> for linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:41:41 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: <1238720972.25165.2.camel@minggr.sh.intel.com> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Lin Ming Cc: Thomas Renninger , "linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" 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 > > > > > > Reported-by: FreeBSD community > > > Signed-off-by: Lin Ming > > > Signed-off-by: Len Brown > > 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