Re: [BK PATCH] 2.4 ACPI update

[Marcelo Tosatti]

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Grover, Andrew wrote:

> Hi Marcelo,
>
> I'd like to try again to get you to merge in the latest ACPI change into
> 2.4. I know it's a big patch but the identical code has been in 2.5 all
> along. BitKeeper has been a big help in allowing me to maintain such a
> big patch for so long, but the fact is that getting this in 2.4 would
> make my life and other maintainers' lives much easier.
>
> The ACPI code in 2.4 is very old and buggy. Even though the current code
> is not flawless, it is much much improved. Its inclusion would not
> affect anything at all for people who don't explicitly configure in ACPI
> support.

Andrew,

I've changed my mind with respect to the ACPI merge in 2.4.22.

I'm willing to do it in .22 timeline.

I feel its better if we do the merge in separate parts, not in a huge
patch.

What you think ?