From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264733AbUEYMxd (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 May 2004 08:53:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264737AbUEYMxd (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 May 2004 08:53:33 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:21935 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264733AbUEYMx2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 May 2004 08:53:28 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 09:54:53 -0300 From: Marcelo Tosatti To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Greg KH , Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz Subject: Re: [BK PATCH] PCI Express patches for 2.4.27-pre3 Message-ID: <20040525125452.GC3118@logos.cnet> References: <20040524210146.GA5532@kroah.com> <1085468008.2783.1.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> <20040525080006.GA1047@kroah.com> <20040525113231.GB29154@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040525113231.GB29154@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi kernel fellows, On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 12:32:31PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 01:00:06AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > how does this mesh with the "2.4 is now feature frozen"? > > > > As the major chunk of ACPI support just got added to the tree, and the > > only reason that went in was for this patch, I assumed that it was > > acceptable. major? the MMConfig support is minimal as I can see? > > Marcelo, feel free to tell me otherwise if you do not want > > this in the 2.4 tree. Is this code necessary for PCI-Express devices/busses to work properly? > I assume it was added because Len tries to keep ACPI in 2.4 and 2.6 as > close to identical as possible. It certainly doesn't hurt anyone to add > the ACPI functionality without the MMConfig support. I've humbly asked Len to stop doing big updates whenever possible on the v2.4 ACPI code, and do bugfixes only instead. Is that a pain in the ass for you, Len? I asked that because it is common to see new bugs introduced by an ACPI update, and you know that more than I do. Thanks! PS: Greg, about the PCI-Express hotplug drivers, I assume they are independant on any of this?