linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.25-rc5

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Date:	Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:51:45 +0800
From:	"Zhang, Rui" <rui.zhang@...el.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@...ranet.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.25-rc5


On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 23:45 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:14:36 -0400 Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> > please pull from: 
> > 
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git release
> > 
> > A bunch of small regression fixes, bug fixes, and a couple of minor cleanups.
> 
> I hope Rafael knows how to cross-reference the regression fixes against his list?
> 
> 
> 
> I'm sitting on five ACPI patches which look like they (or alternatives?) should
> be in 2.6.25:
> 
> 
> http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/acpi-ec-revert-208c70a45624400fafd7511b96bc426bf01f8f5e.patch
> 
>   This was too poorly changelogged for me to remember what problem it
>   solves, but it seemed important at the time.
> 
> http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/drivers-acpi-asus_acpic-correct-use-of-and.patch
> 
>   Fix logic error in asus_acpi.c
> 
> http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/drivers-acpi-asus_acpic-correct-use-of-and.patch
> 
>   Fix an overrun.
> 
> http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/revert-acpi-thermal-fixup.patch
> 
>   Hopeully fix a regression which Andrea Arcangeli hit.  Although I'm not sure
>   that he has confirmed that this revert actually works?
Well, the patch looks good, this may be caused by a BIOS problem.
anyway, I wish to get the response from Andrea so that I can do some
investigation ASAP.

thanks,
rui


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