linux-kernel - Re: Dell Wireless 365 requires reset quirk

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Date:	Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:59:50 -0700
From:	Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	marcel@...tmann.org, linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@...l.com>
Subject: Re: Dell Wireless 365 requires reset quirk

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue,  4 Nov 2008 09:24:48 -0700 (MST)
> timg@....com (Tim Gardner) wrote:
> 
>> >From 931ccb629d739aa563347a4e866bc26107e6b545 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>
>> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 09:18:06 -0700
>> Subject: [PATCH] Dell Wireless 365 needs BTUSB_RESET quirk.
>>  OriginalAuthor: Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@...l.com>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>
>> Cc: stable@...nel.org
>> ---
>>  drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c |    3 +++
>>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
>> index af472e0..051b758 100644
>> --- a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
>> +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
>> @@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ static struct usb_device_id blacklist_table[] = {
>>  	/* Dell laptop with Broadcom chip */
>>  	{ USB_DEVICE(0x413c, 0x8126), .driver_info = BTUSB_RESET | BTUSB_WRONG_SCO_MTU },
>>  
>> +	/* Dell Wireless 365 */
>> +	{ USB_DEVICE(0x413c, 0x8160), .driver_info = BTUSB_RESET },
>> +
>>  	/* Dell Wireless 370 */
>>  	{ USB_DEVICE(0x413c, 0x8156), .driver_info = BTUSB_RESET | BTUSB_WRONG_SCO_MTU },
>>  
> 
> I shall assume that this patch was authored by Mario.  This should have
> been communicated by adding his From: line right at the top of the
> changelog.  Mario's signed-off-by: is absent, but that is tolerable
> because we have yours.
> 
> The (absent) changelog fails to explain what effect this patch has. 
> _why_ does this driver need this quirk?
> 
> As it stands, there is insufficient information here for making
> 2.6.28-vs-2.6.29 decisions, let alone 2.6.27.x, 2.6.26.x, etc.
> 

Is this better (aside from being an attachment) ?

rtg
-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner@...onical.com

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