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From:	 torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)
To:	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux-2.4.6-pre3
Date:	 14 Jun 2001 14:39:40 -0700

In article <E15AbRo-00053O-00@the-village.bc.nu>,
Alan Cox  <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>
>Use pre2. Linus applied a patch that changed the PCI power management stuff
>and broke all the drivers.

It shouldn't have broken anything.  The warning happens, but the
function call ends up doing the same thing as it used to - old drivers
will just ignore the new argument. 

It was a necessary step in working ACPI suspend.  Which Patrick has
working - with caveats.  And the fact that Pat happens to work at the
same company I do probably has more to do with the fact that Transmeta
is obviously interested in suspend issues more than most - and not so
much with the fact that he would exert undue influence on me. 

		Linus
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