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Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:39:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Witbrodt <dawitbro@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: HPET regression in 2.6.26 versus 2.6.25 -- found another user with the same regression
To: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
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> > (BTW, just what kernel version were you using for those patches?  The
> > v2.6.27-rcX series place the patch's changes over 100 lines earlier
> > than the line numbers indicated in your patches....)
> 
> we are working on tip/master

My mistake... sorry.  Previously, Ingo had me doing things with tip/master,
but usually you had me working with v2.6.27-rc3.  I should have tried
tip/master as soon as I saw the discrepancy.


I have some questions about what happens next:

- This fix will naturally make it into v2.6.27, maybe even as soon
as v2.6.27-rc5, correct?

- Is there any chance I can get it into the stable 2.6.26.X updates?
(Who should I ask, or are only developers allowed to lobby for this
sort of thing?)

- Are you worried about the potential problems of a quirk-based approach?
What if many more people experience a similar regression once 2.6.26 or
later appears in their distribution?  I'm sure you don't want to have to
write a different quirk for each individual's hardware, and this problem
did not arise with the approach used for resource management in 2.6.25.


Thanks again Yinghai (and Ingo),
Dave W.
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