From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Guido Guenther Subject: Re: rivafb: finally enable NV30 based pbooks/cleanup probe errors Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 01:42:11 +0100 Message-ID: <20041120004210.GA5015@bogon.ms20.nix> References: <20041118164946.GA3763@bogon.ms20.nix> <200411190719.24961.adaplas@hotpop.com> <20041119080951.GA6409@bogon.ms20.nix> <200411190920.44609.andrew@walrond.org> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CVJMa-00007f-Fw for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:44:28 -0800 Received: from honk1.physik.uni-konstanz.de ([134.34.140.224]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.41) id 1CVJMZ-0004Vn-P7 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:44:28 -0800 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200411190920.44609.andrew@walrond.org> Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: adaplas@pol.net, Wolfram Quester On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 09:20:44AM +0000, Andrew Walrond wrote: > On Friday 19 Nov 2004 08:09, Guido Guenther wrote: > > > > Hmmm...shouldn't we delay this past 2.6.10? People with rivafb compiled > > into the kernel but a - until now undetected - card, might get bitten > > otherwise. > > -- Guido > > > > Why would 2.6.11 be a better time than 2.6.10 for this change? People tend to > expect a few problems whenever they upgrade a kernel. Well, Linus asked for "fixes only" IIRC, risking to break things for some users without good reason doesn't fit in well into this. -- Guido ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: InterSystems CACHE FREE OODBMS DOWNLOAD - A multidimensional database that combines robust object and relational technologies, making it a perfect match for Java, C++,COM, XML, ODBC and JDBC. www.intersystems.com/match8