Messages in this thread | | | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Tue, 16 Sep 2003 08:12:29 +0200 | Subject | Re: atyfb still broken on 2.4.23-pre4 (on sparc64) |
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> Same problem for me :) > > I did post the driver on the Linux-fbdev and LinuxPPC mailinglists. > Replies: 0. I also asked you, you didn't have time, no problem, but again > no test. It gets merged, people start testing...
I know the problem, but I'm opposed to doing that in the middle of a stable release.
> I agree the stable series should have a stable driver, I proposed that > Marcelo would merge the driver, I would aggressively investigate problems, > and in case of serious trouble a revert.
Ok, but then, we need to make sure it works. Most people won't test before 2.4.23 is final and released by distros and at this point it will be too late.
> > Why don't you push it to 2.6 first then backport to 2.4 ? That would > > be better imho... > > It's a possibility, Alexander Kern is porting the code to 2.6. But > please wait a few days, it's quite likely things will be fixed and stable then.
Let's see...
Ben.
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