Re: xserver-xfree86 4.1.0-2 fails where 4.0.2-7puetzk worked
- To: Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>
- Cc: Michael Schmitz <schmitz@zirkon.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de>, Michael Schmitz <schmitz@opal.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de>, debian-x@lists.debian.org, debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: xserver-xfree86 4.1.0-2 fails where 4.0.2-7puetzk worked
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 15:09:41 -0400
- Message-id: <20010920150941.A16465@nevyn.them.org>
- Mail-followup-to: Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>, Michael Schmitz <schmitz@zirkon.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de>, Michael Schmitz <schmitz@opal.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de>, debian-x@lists.debian.org, debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <oavgidyjp6.fsf@arroz.onshored.com>; from adam@onshore.com on Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 11:18:29AM -0400
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10109200901010.4594-100000@zirkon.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de> <oavgidyjp6.fsf@arroz.onshored.com>
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 11:18:29AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> Michael Schmitz <schmitz@zirkon.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de> writes:
>
> > The patch is rather hackish (there's no way to easily find a free PCI
> > resource region in 2.2 kernels) and might not make it through BenH's or
> > Alan's 'no brute force hacks' filter. If the Debian kernel package
> > maintainer accepts it, fine.
>
> Ok, I filed a bug against kernel-patch-2.2.19-powerpc.
I don't. Precisely because it wouldn't be accepted by the 2.2 kernel
maintainers.
I'd rather make a set of 2.4 install disks available than include
patches like this in our 2.2 kernel.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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