Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:50:41 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [patch 08/16] skge: fix ram buffer size calculation |
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > I can't reproduce the users problem with the hardware I have. And > without the patch the dual port board doesn't work. So it is a question > of regression, versus fixing pre-existing bugs.
Yeah. Five years ago I might have said that it's important to fix pre-existing bugs, but all the ACPI and suspend etc problems have long since convinced me that regressions are *much* more important than stuff that never worked.
> I am okay with reverting the patch, as a temporary state, but concerned > with how to make progress in fixing this.
Well, the original bug-report did contain a suggested workaround too.
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