From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/13] ATA ACPI: add params/docs. Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:57:33 -0500 Message-ID: <44043AAD.5050404@pobox.com> References: <20060222133241.595a8509.randy_d_dunlap@linux.intel.com> <20060222135403.55086107.randy_d_dunlap@linux.intel.com> <20060228114647.GA4081@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:56963 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751651AbWB1L5j (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:57:39 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20060228114647.GA4081@elf.ucw.cz> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Pavel Machek Cc: Randy Dunlap , lkml , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > >>From: Randy Dunlap >> >>Add and use 'noacpi' parameter for libata-acpi. > > > Why is this option needed? Either the code works, or it does not. If > it does not, it is not suitable for merging... Invalid logic. It is needed for the same reasons that acpi=off is supported in the generic ACPI code. Jeff