Re: [Linux-ia64] kernel update (relative to v2.4.0-test9)

David Mosberger
2000-10-05T22:15:00Z

>>>>> On Fri, 06 Oct 2000 09:08:33 +1100, Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> said:

Keith> The patch contains a deletion for unistd.h~ which is not in
Keith> base 2.4.0-test9.

My fault, just ignore it (it was late, what can I say).

Keith> It also deletes a lot of acpi files, which may cause problems
Keith> if you try to compile ix86 from a source tree with
Keith> ia64-001004 applied, i386 config.in does not have
Keith> CONFIG_ACPI_KERNEL_CONFIG. Any reason for these deletions
Keith> and other acpi changes?

The ACPI code in the x86 tree is currently not compatible with what's
in the IA-64 tree. So the IA-64 patch restores the ACPI files from
the IA-64 tree. I don't know why or how this came to be and Intel is
looking into it. (Yeah, it's a major pain...)

--david