ibm-acpi
Hi
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but the MAINTAINERS-file in the kernel lists nobody else:
Who is responsible for keeping ibm-acpi up2date in the kernel? The version in the kernel is 0.8, while 0.11 is the current available version. But since the ibm-acpi developers don't answer mails anymore, I can't figure out if they maintain the driver in the kernel themselves. Anyhow, the version in the kernel should be updated, especially since 0.11 doesn't build with the current kernel (2.6.13), though that's easy fixable (but still annoying).
Thus a current in-kernel driver would be a good thing since it supports lots of new hardware.
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Quoted 4 lines · On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 08:16:01 +0200 Fridtjof Busse wrote:
Hi
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but the MAINTAINERS-file in the kernel lists nobody else:
Who is responsible for keeping ibm-acpi up2date in the kernel? The
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version in the kernel is 0.8, while 0.11 is the current available version. But since the ibm-acpi developers don't answer mails anymore, I can't figure out if they maintain the driver in the kernel themselves. Anyhow, the version in the kernel should be updated, especially since 0.11 doesn't build with the current kernel (2.6.13), though that's easy fixable (but still annoying).
Thus a current in-kernel driver would be a good thing since it supports lots of new hardware.
It appears that its author still maintains it (at least that's what it looks like on http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/ ).
MODULE_AUTHOR("Borislav Deianov");
[email protected]
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It appears that its author still maintains it (at least that's what it looks like on http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/ ).
MODULE_AUTHOR("Borislav Deianov");
[email protected]
But since he doesn't reply to emails and the current version still doesn't work with 2.6.13, it doesn't look like he really cares about it anymore.
A patch to fix the build-problem has even been posted in the bugtracker, but no reaction at all...
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