Re: 2.6 must-fix list, v2

Christoph Hellwig
2003-05-13T15:26:25Z

On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 02:57:08PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > - ACPI needs the relax patches merging to work on lots of laptops
>
> Working in 2.4.21-ac, Toshiba cheap laptops now run a treat. Forward
> port looks like a patch command
>
>
> Other items:
>
> PC9800 is not fully merged - most of this I think is 2.7 stuff but a few
> bits might be 2.6 candidate
>
> SH3/SH3-64 need resynching, as do some other ports. No impact on
> mainstream platforms hopefully

That brings up another issue: what ports do regularly work with 2.5
mainline? I've been working with David to get all those core changes ia64
needs (and there's still a lot) sorted out so maybe 2.6 will work out of
the box. I guess some other arches (parisc, mips?) will need similar
work.