Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935046AbZKYVoJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:44:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932371AbZKYVoI (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:44:08 -0500 Received: from vms173011pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.11]:65096 "EHLO vms173011pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932242AbZKYVoH (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:44:07 -0500 Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:43:59 -0500 (EST) From: Len Brown X-X-Sender: lenb@localhost.localdomain To: Andrew Morton Cc: Peter Feuerer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov , Andreas Mohr Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] acerhdf: Added new BIOS versions In-reply-to: <20091111152935.5fad5071.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Message-id: References: <20091109185105.6028c057.peter@piie.net> <20091109185335.26836808.peter@piie.net> <20091111152935.5fad5071.akpm@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 828 Lines: 25 On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Andrew Morton wrote: > Len, patch 1/2 looks like 2.6.32 material to me? > > Ordinarily I'd consider an add-device-support patch like 2/2 to be > 2.6.32 material also, but this one looks a bit large and scary for that > treatment. Agreed on both points. I sent the 1st patch up yesterday -- though I've not seen any pulls from Linus today... The fact that the 1st patch was necessary suggests that this driver is thinkly tested, and so patch #2 should wait for the merge window like most patches do. thanks, -Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- 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/