linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: add "auto" to acpi_enforce

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Message-ID: <20090227132740.GF1482@ucw.cz>
Date:	Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:27:40 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@...il.com>,
	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: add "auto" to acpi_enforce_resources

Hi!

> > For the record we have changed the default to strict in Fedora's 
> > development branch, for 2 weeks or so now, including in the recently 
> > released Fedora 11 release and we've had 0 complaints so far.
> 
> Well, if the number of affected systems is small, this is good news.
> But this is only 2 weeks and one distribution, coverage isn't
> sufficient to claim anything yet IMHO.
> 
> That being said... if there's a common consensus that switching to
> strict and dealing with fallouts is the best thing to do, and I'm the
> only one objecting to this, then I am ready to admit that I was wrong
> and let you proceed.

I believe that 'enable strict, deal with fallout' is the best
long-term strategy...
									Pavel
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