Re: 2.6.19-rc4: known unfixed regressions

Greg KH
2006-11-02T21:30:43Z

On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 12:54:02PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
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> > Can we please add the following two to the list of known regressions:
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> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7082
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> Ok, I think I'll just revert it.
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> Decoding the PCI IO range is fine - even if a driver has detached, the
> kernel knows where the PCI devices are, and won't re-use the range. So
> while the patch that triggers the problem seems valid in itself, it's
> probably not worth the pain to apply it at this point. So I think I'll
> revert it - the rationale for the patch was fairly weak.
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> Greg, or would you prefer to do the honors?

I'll queue it up.

thanks,

greg k-h