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    SubjectRe: 2.6.21-mm2: ACPI exception on resume
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    On Wednesday, 23 May 2007 03:48, Matt Mackall wrote:
    > On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 09:19:43PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
    > > On Tue, 22 May 2007, Matt Mackall wrote:
    > > > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 08:03:49PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
    > > > > On Mon, 21 May 2007, Matt Mackall wrote:
    > > > > > BIOS Information
    > > > > > Vendor: IBM
    > > > > > Version: 1RETDHWW (3.13 )
    > > > > > Release Date: 10/29/2004
    > > > > >
    > > > > > No sign of any EC version in the output.
    > > > >
    > > > > This is a buggy, ancient version of the BIOS, which probably means you have
    > > > > an old and slightly buggy EC firmware. I recommend you to upgrade to BIOS
    > > > > 3.21 and EC 3.04. See http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_Upgrade for more
    > > > > details.
    > > >
    > > > Really, I'd much prefer my kernel not regress instead. Updating
    > > > firmware is just introducing more potential instability and ignoring
    > > > the problem.
    > >
    > > We can't very much know if the kernel is really buggy, then.
    >
    > Whether the 'bug' is in the firmware or the kernel, it is the kernel
    > that has regressed. Suspend worked fine for 2+ years before this.
    >
    > Breaking working systems, either software or hardware, is a bad idea.
    > I shouldn't have to upgrade my BIOS to work with a new kernel any more
    > than I should have to upgrade my browser.

    While I agree with that, it would really be helpful if you tested the latest -rc
    kernel and saw if the bug was present in there.

    If the bug is not present in the latest -rc, it'll be possible to identify the
    patch that causes it to appear in -mm and find the reason of the breakage.

    Greetings,
    Rafael
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