From: wwp <sub...@fr...> - 2003-11-19 19:51:29
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Hi Brown, Len, On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:09:15 -0500 "Brown, Len" <len...@in...> wrote: > We use BK to merge into the baseline kernel, so as of this morning, > everything in the ACPI release tree > http://linux-acpi.bkbits.net:8080/linux-acpi-release-2.4.23 is also in > marcelo's 2.4 tree http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4 which is where > 2.4.23-rc2 comes from. > > So the patch on kernel.org is already obsolete, as it has already been > applied to the 2.4.23 baseline. > > This is not true for a base release that is frozen, such as 2.4.22 > because it stopped accepting patches long ago. So for 2.4.22 (and soon > 2.4.23) you'd grab the frozen base release and then apply the ACPI > release patch on top of it to get the latest ACPI changes. > > See this README for more info > http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/patches/README.A > CPI > and let me know if there is anything I can do or document that would > clarify the process. Thanx to all people for all those clarification. The more verbose ones are really relevant and helpful. Sorry if some people felt upset w/ my request or if my wish was misunderstood 'cause badly formulated :-\. Regards, -- wwp |