Re: Ready for 20050309? (Re: HEADS UP - ACPICA code updated to 20050211 on -CURRENT)

[Bill Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:

> :Ok, while your head is (hopefully) still up, if 20050211 works
> :without a problem and you have time, can you try the following
> :procedure to make sure the newer version 20050309 doesn't introduce
> :a new problem?
> :
> :% cd /sys/contrib/dev
> :% fetch http://developer.intel.com/technology/iapc/acpi/downloads/acpica-unix-20050309.tar.gz
> :% tar zxf acpica-unix-20050309.tar.gz
> :% cd /sys/dev/acpica5
> :% sed -i.bak -e '/^SYSACPICA_VERSION/s/20050211/20050309/' Makefile.inc
> :% setenv MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX /var/tmp/obj
> :% make obj && make depend && make && su root -c 'make install'
> :(reboot your computer, drop into loader prompt, and type `boot -v'.
> : you can remove /var/tmp/obj afterwards)
> :
> :I'm going to update the ACPICA code to 20050309 soon because, after
> :(or just before) the last import, Intel released two versions which
> :claim to fix AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT issue, and in fact there's been
> :one report that 20050211 had a problem on the reporter's computer which
> :was solved by 20050309. So if the latter has no other issues, I want to
> :update it before the next slip of -Stable tag.
> :
> :Thanks.
>
>     Lets move fast on this.  I want to slip the stable tag ASAP and I
>     (was) only waiting on Jeff's tcp panic fix to be committed before
>     doing it.  I was going to address the libc_r issue with Opera 
>     blocking for long periods of time by slipping it again after that is
>     found and fix.
>
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

(Just) Opera?  Does that mean that (the perhaps more widely used) 
Firefox *has*
been fixed already?  If not, no sweat ....

Bill