From: George France (francehandhelds.org)
Date: Sat Oct 25 2003 - 19:15:45 CDT

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Hello Chris,

If this patch works for you, then I would let Jay know. I am certain that he
knows how to get the patch accepted if it is appropriate.

Best Regards,

--George

On Saturday 25 October 2003 07:04 pm, Chris Meadors wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 10:14, Jay Estabrook wrote:
> > diff -Naurp old/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c new/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
> > --- old/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c Fri Oct 17 17:42:55 2003
> > +++ new/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c Thu Oct 23 09:57:40 2003
> > -486,6 +486,21 setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
> > hwrpb = (struct hwrpb_struct*) __va(INIT_HWRPB->phys_addr);
> > boot_cpuid = hard_smp_processor_id();
> >
> > + /*
> > + * Pre-process the system type to make sure it will be valid.
> > + *
> > + * This may restore real CABRIO and EB66+ family names, ie
> > + * EB64+ and EB66.
> > + *
> > + * Oh, and "white box" AS800 (aka DIGITAL Server 3000 series)
> > + * and AS1200 (DIGITAL Server 5000 series) have the type as
> > + * the negative of the real one.
> > + */
> > + if ((long)hwrpb->sys_type < 0) {
> > + hwrpb->sys_type = -((long)hwrpb->sys_type);
> > + hwrpb_update_checksum(hwrpb);
> > + }
> > +
> > /* Register a call for panic conditions. */
> > notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list, &alpha_panic_block);
>
> This patch didn't make it into -test9. Linus is still accepting "won't
> boot" patches for final 2.6.0 release. What is the proper chain to
> submit Alpha patches?

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