linux-kernel - Re: PNP: increase the maximum number of resources

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Message-ID: <47D87279.7070905@keyaccess.nl>
Date:	Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:16:57 +0100
From:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
CC:	Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Adam M Belay <abelay@....edu>,
	Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@...el.com>,
	Li Shaohua <shaohua.li@...el.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>,
	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: PNP: increase the maximum number of resources

On 12-03-08 18:45, Len Brown wrote:

> Thomas worked on a patch to make resource allocation dynamic and do away
> with these limits.  Unfortunately it was rather large and it wasn't in
> time for the 2.6.25-rc1 window.  So right now we are on a trajectory
> for 2.6.25 to behave exactly like 2.6.24.
> Indeed, I don't think that patch made it into the test tree,
> so unless we revive that patch, it will miss 2.6.26 as well.

It rather violently broke ISAPnP.

Rene.
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