Re: [PATCH] acpi: update win8 OSI blacklist

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Sunday, October 13, 2013 10:30:50 PM Felipe Contreras wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Felipe Contreras
> <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > More people have reported they need this for their machines to work
> > correctly.
> >
> > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60682
> 
> I see this was merged to the linux-next branch. Is there any reason
> why it's not proposed for v3.12?

It is not a fix for a recent breakage, it doesn't fix an outright crash or
security issue and there is a chance, albeit arguably very small, that
something will not function on one of the affected systems for someone
as a result of the blacklisting.

Thanks!

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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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