Re: 2.4.22 timeline was RE: 2.4.21-rc7 ACPI broken

[Torben Mathiasen]

On Tue, Jun 10 2003, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Llu, 2003-06-09 at 23:03, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > Yes, I want to, and will merge it. In 2.4.23-pre.
> > 
> > > I am confident it will merge cleanly.
> > > I am confident it will cause no problems when CONFIG_ACPI=off.
> > > I am confident the total number of working machines will go up.
> > > I am willing to bet $500 of MY OWN MONEY on this.
> > >
> > > Talk to me, man. What would make you happy? A lot is riding on this.
> > 
> > Yes, we're fine. 2.4.23-pre.
> > 
> > 2.4.22 will be a fast enough release to not piss you off on this, trust
> > me.
> 
> Its been in 2.4.21-ac for a while. I have exactly zero reports of it
> causing problems in the acpi=n case, and a whole raft of "the first
> Linux that runs on my toshiba/compaq/hp laptop"
> 
> Works well enough for me to have faith in it now. 

We need it as well to have proper ACPI support on the Hp/cpq laptops. Without
it one may get serious overheating problems. 

We've been waiting for it for a long time now.

Thanks.