Bug#404143: Fans unreliable under load, permanent memory leak
On Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 02:48:27PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Sunday 24 December 2006 03:07, Frederik Schueler wrote:
> > 2. port 2.6.19 ACPI - noop because way too much work, unless someone
> > "crazy enough" to accomplish this task.
>
> Did you see that Bas Zoetekouw managed [1, #400488] to solve the problem
> for his box by applying some selected patches from upstream?
> Wouldn't that be an option?
I thought i saw Maximilian say that there are indeed some patches, but that
the risk to destabilize the whole ACPI subsystem was too great this near to
the etch release. This is exactly the same kind of argument you are using in
d-i, don't you think ?
> I'd suggest asking other people that see the same issues to also test a
> kernel with these patches and decide based on the results.
No, what we would need is huge testing of these patches by people *WHO DIDN'T
SEE THE SAME ISSUES* to make sure there is no regression.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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