Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled ACPI_PROCFS removal

2007-07-11 Thread Bill Davidsen
e keeps on using /proc -- and I do[*] -- we will never get rid of it. Is there some reason why you should get rid of it? Is it causing a lot work to maintain? [*] Does someone have an alternative for /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/{state,info}? -- Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "We h

Re: [PATCH] swsusp: Use platform mode by default

2007-05-13 Thread Bill Davidsen
affected kernel releases, what should we do? I think that one of the reasons people (guilty) don't report problems with suspend and hibernate is that it's been a problem on and off and when it breaks people don't bother to chase it, they just don't use it unless it's critical,

Re: [linux-pm] [2/6] 2.6.21-rc2: known regressions

2007-03-20 Thread Bill Davidsen
Jim Gettys wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 16:33 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: What you say sounds good, assuming that the cost of a sleep is less than the cost of the busy wait. But this may be hardware, the waits may be very small and frequent, and if it's hitting a small hardware w

Re: [linux-pm] [2/6] 2.6.21-rc2: known regressions

2007-03-19 Thread Bill Davidsen
of this where the true insanity lay). - Jim -- Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux

Re: 2.6.19-rc <-> ThinkPads

2006-11-01 Thread Bill Davidsen
ompetent people missed this dependency, or the patch would not have gone in. -- Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Obscure bug of 2004: BASH BUFFER OVERFLOW - if bash is being run by a normal user and is setuid root, with the "vi" line edit mode selected, and the character set is &quo