linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.21-rc5

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Date:	Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:49:05 -0700
From:	Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@...el.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...e.cz>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...l.ru>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.21-rc5

On Monday, March 26, 2007 11:20 pm Greg KH wrote:
> Already in Linus's tree.
>
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.2
> >1-rc5/2.6.21-rc5-mm2/broken-out/fix-sysfs-rom-file-creation-for-bios
> >-rom-shadows.patch
>
> I'd prefer to wait until 2.6.22 for this one, I've had too many odd
> reports of problems in this area, and since no one has reported this
> issue, it's not a real rush at all.

Yeah, I don't think this one is critical.  These files aren't in heavy 
use yet, so fixing this in 2.6.22 should be ok.  I've only heard one 
complaint about this bug so far, and that was caused by some code still 
in development.

Jesse
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