2004-09-11 21:06:01

by Marcelo Tosatti

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Subject: Re: IPMI driver updates for 2.4

On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 07:38:15PM -0500, Corey Minyard wrote:
> There actually aren't any bug fixes. These are all new feature
> additions. It is a big driver revamp, but it has been around for a while
>
> I guess it is not critical now, but it would be nicer for the users of
> the driver.

Corey,

I dont have a clue about IPMI. But I would like to apply what is
critical to users only at this point.


2004-09-13 13:32:15

by Corey Minyard

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Subject: Re: IPMI driver updates for 2.4

Ok, that's fine.

By "at this point" do you mean for the future of the 2.4 kernel or just
this point in time and maybe in the next 2.4 kernel? A lot of the
driver users want this in the 2.4 kernel, so I need to tell them what
the state will be.

-Corey

Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

>On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 07:38:15PM -0500, Corey Minyard wrote:
>
>
>>There actually aren't any bug fixes. These are all new feature
>>additions. It is a big driver revamp, but it has been around for a while
>>
>>I guess it is not critical now, but it would be nicer for the users of
>>the driver.
>>
>>
>
>Corey,
>
>I dont have a clue about IPMI. But I would like to apply what is
>critical to users only at this point.
>
>

2004-09-13 19:51:23

by Marcelo Tosatti

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Subject: Re: IPMI driver updates for 2.4

On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 08:32:12AM -0500, Corey Minyard wrote:
> Ok, that's fine.
>
> By "at this point" do you mean for the future of the 2.4 kernel or just
> this point in time and maybe in the next 2.4 kernel? A lot of the
> driver users want this in the 2.4 kernel, so I need to tell them what
> the state will be.

I mean in v2.4, not only v2.4.28.