[ltp] Re: ThinkPad Batteries

[Elias Oltmanns]

Phil Shotton <phil@stairbridge.org.uk> wrote:
> Micha Feigin wrote:
>> On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:52:06 +0000
>> Phil Shotton <phil@stairbridge.org.uk> wrote:
[...]
>>> but I thought the whole point of the distro module was that the
>>> kernel didn't need patching, or have I completely misunderstood?
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> You misunderstand. A module adds a kernel feature. A patch changes a kernel
>> feature, in this case another module or compiled in option.
>>
>> The patch is actually a bit hard to come by and if I'm not mistaken has been
>> included in the 2.6.28 kernel, but with a different /sys name so it's going to
>> take some time for debian to reach kernel 2.6.28 (it's only at release
>> candidate stage of a couple of months or so now) and then some time for the
>> tools to fix the directory that they are looking for, so unless you want to

hdapsd in unstable already knows about the new directory. Otherwise,
it's all correct.

[...]
>>> Re: Please try to keep in mind that top-posting is not very popular.
>>>
>>> On the contrary, everyone I know hates bottom-posting because you
>>> have to wade through the whole trail before you actually find the
>>> new post to decide whether it's worth reading or not. YMMV.
>>>

This highlights the value of another good habit: Remove those parts of
the original message that you are not referring to anyway.

>>>     
>>
>> It doesn't really matter what you like, the list policy is bottom posting (and
>> I don't care for the comments for or against at the moment) so if you don't
>> want to be ignored or shouted at each time you should adhere to list policy
>>
>>   
> My apologies for offending the list policy. Can you tell me where this
> is documented, I've looked on
> http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad and
> the earliest posts in the archive for any policy document and can't
> find one.

Well, I honestly don't know whether it is quite correct to say that list
policy positively forbids top-posting - I'm not aware of it. Also, I
hope it's not my habit to shout at people. So, all I do is advocating a
widely adopted practise because I happen to find it *very* convenient.
It is not quite unlikely that I'll ignore people who keep top-posting
persistently, but that's my choice to (not) spend my spare time and
needn't concern you, of course.

Regards,

Elias