From: Jurij Smakov <ju...@wooyd.org> Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 23:05:21 +0000
> To give a little bit of background, this patch was supposed to fix > http://bugs.debian.org/500358. Bug trail contains all the gory > details, but the crux of the problem (as I understand it) is the > following: the commit [0] into the upstream git broke X on > Debian/sparc [1]. The version of the X.org by that time was already > frozen on all architectures in anticipation of the upcoming release, > so rolling in a new version, compatible with the kernel change, was > not really an option. The patch in question simply reverts this > commit, restoring the kernel interface (for the lack of a better word) > to the state, understood by X.org which we have available in Lenny. So you're saying that X working is more important than machines actually booting at all? These priorities are wrong. That kernel change got reverted upstream for a reason, it breaks things. If X is broken (which it is), you have to fix X. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
