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On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:09:09 -0800
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:

> On 03/11/2010 02:06 PM, Daniel Taylor wrote:
> >
> > BIOS failures prior to loading the kernel are not Linux'
> > responsibility.  Confused BIOS will still fail, even if the
> > patch is not implemented,  so how does that effect the
> > acceptance of a patch that fixes post-boot behavior?
> >
> 
> I didn't say it does.
> 
> >>
> >> I would consider this a bugfix.  As such, it should be pushed outside
> >> the merge window.
> >>
> 
> Just in case I wasn't clear enough -- this patch is a bugfix and should 
> be pushed upstream as long as it is technically ready.
> 

yeah.  In fact I tagged it for -stable backporting.  Because as Daniel
says, "In the near future, WD will be releasing products that need this
patch".  People will surely want to use 2.6.33.x-based kernels with
those devices, so packagers of 2.6.33.x-based kernels will need to hunt
down and apply this patch.  So let's do it for them.