Re: 2.4.0test7 and modules

[Michel <dae...@st...>]

Robert Ramiega wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 01:31:21AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> >
> > I feel guilty... I've been playing a bit with pm2fb, trying to get some
> > stuff from our 2.2 version back in, and I also had display problems the
> > last time I tried, and now I haven't had any time no more.
>  You mean backporting from 2.4 to 2.2 or vice versa ?

The latter. Unfortunately, our latest 2.2 version of pm2fb has never been
integrated into Linus' tree...


> with 2.2 i have this problem permanently (uptill now it was just inconvience
> for me; right now it started to bother me as i can't check kernel progress).

I haven't seen problems with 2.2, and all the problems I had were in Linux and
non-fatal.

> With 2.4.0-test4 the problem was almost non-existant (and test4 was too
> unstable for me to use <<my machine needs to be up 24/7>>)
> >
> > Please try reverting pm2fb to a revision before I broke it ;)
>  Did You changed anything between test7 and test4 ?

I think so. Or maybe it's even changes from the bitkeeper import?

>  (ok, i'll try to get sources of test4 and see for myself - looks like nice
> experience with cvs =o)))

I think looking at the changes in pm2fb.[ch] should suffice.


Michel


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