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Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 13:54:47 +0100
From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/13] 2.6.7-rc1-mm1, Simplify DMI matching data
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On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 02:18:52PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:

 > > simplify DMI blacklist table by removing the need to fill
 > > unused slots with NO_MATCH macro.
 > 
 > Can you please delay that patch for 2.7?
 > 2.6 is for bug fixes, not for cleanups.
 > 
 > There are large third party patchkits for DMI and "cleaning up" 
 > the format will just cause lots of rejects and pain. 

Alternatively, those third parties could get their act
together and submit those patches back upstream.

		Dave