Re: [PATCH] trivial fix for 2.6.11 raid6 compilation on ppc w/ Altivec

Chris Wright
2005-03-04T07:04:32Z

* Andrew Morton (akpm@osdl.org) wrote:
> Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org> wrote:
> >
> > > And it's a temp-fix - it'll be addressed by other means in 2.6.12.
> > >
> > > What do we do?
> >
> > IMO, we have to rely on Dmitry's judgement. Is it critical (i.e. broke
> > laptops how)? Can it be worked around with the i8042.noacpi boot param?
> > If so, I don't think it fits the bill as critical.
>
> Well. It was critical for 2.6.11, but it didn't make it :(

Ah, I see.

> So people whose keyboards don't work need to either update to 2.6.11.1 or
> add i8042.noacpi=1. <rekicks self>
>
> But it's just a for-instance.

And a good one to exercise the rules measuring how critical the patch
is. In this case, I don't think it is if workaround is good enough, but
could be convinced if Dmitry thinks otherwise.

Anyway, time to pack, sleep a few and catch a plane back west
later,
-chris
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