Re: Linux 2.6.9-rc4 - pls test (and no more patches)

From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds_at_osdl.org)
Date: 10/11/04

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    Date:	Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:17:43 -0700 (PDT)
To: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>

    On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Nick Piggin wrote:
    >
    > ACPI still explodes on my old PII and stops it booting. (I've reported it
    > to Len a few times but he seems to be ignoring me).

    I suspect the "CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR" might be the solution they came
    up with. Old ACPI stuff tends to be broken.

    That said, your patch is small and simple, so..

                    Linus
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