Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754694AbXIZXrT (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:47:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751937AbXIZXrM (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:47:12 -0400 Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:20666 "EHLO agminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751785AbXIZXrL (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:47:11 -0400 Message-ID: <46FAEF76.9050202@oracle.com> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:47:02 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jonathan Campbell CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Patches for tiny 386 kernels, again. Linux kernel 2.6.22.7 References: <46F77A85.6020202@nerdgrounds.com> <20070924104940.50a52cf3.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <46FAA808.90004@nerdgrounds.com> <20070926162059.e6eb5e93.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <46FAEE97.7090902@nerdgrounds.com> In-Reply-To: <46FAEE97.7090902@nerdgrounds.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1478 Lines: 40 Jonathan Campbell wrote: > Sorry about that. That's why I always send as attachments. > Do you have similar problems when using Mozilla Thunderbird? tbird works when following the instructions at http://mbligh.org/linuxdocs/Email/Clients/Thunderbird or (simpler) use an External Editor plugin. > And have you checked System.map to verify the DMI functions aren't there? Nope. I expect(ed) you to do that, i.e., make sure that the patch does that the description says that it does. >> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:42:16 -0700 Jonathan Campbell wrote: >> >> >>> Here is the DMI patch again, written against linux-2.6.23-rc8, >>> with some of the #ifdef CONFIG_DMI's removed and moved >>> to include/linux/dmi.h. Putting them there in the way I've done >>> ensures that you don't have to put #ifdef CONFIG_DMI >>> around each dmi_check_machine() and that you don't >>> have to apply little patches to so many device drivers. >>> >> >> Damaged as the patch is, I was able to apply it by using >> 'patch -l' (ignore whitespace) + some fuzz. Not something that >> Linus or Andrew would or should do. >> >> I built and booted the kernel, it's running fine (x86_32 notebook). -- ~Randy Phaedrus says that Quality is about caring. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/