linux-kernel - Re: [stable] patch thinkpad-acpi-fix-incorrect-use-of-tpacpi_brght_mode_ecnvram.patch added to 2.6.30-stable tree

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Date:	Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:28:01 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
Cc:	Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.L-H@....de>, len.brown@...el.com,
	stable@...nel.org, gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	ranma+kernel@...edrich.de
Subject: Re: [stable] patch
 thinkpad-acpi-fix-incorrect-use-of-tpacpi_brght_mode_ecnvram.patch added
 to 2.6.30-stable tree

On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 08:31:11PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Aug 2009, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote:
> > This patch fails to compile if applied to 2.6.30 + current stable queue.
> [...]
> > It seems to depend on the new quirk handling, introduced in:
> > commit 7d95a3d564901e88ed42810f054e579874151999
> 
> Good catch.  And I _will_ need that quirk handling stuff to keep 2.6.30 in
> shape :-(

Oops, sorry for missing this.

> The dependencies for the "thinkpad-acpi: fix incorrect use of
> TPACPI_BRGHT_MODE_ECNVRAM" patch are:

Due to the need to add a new feature just to get these quirks to work,
I'll just drop this single patch, which should keep everything building
properly, right?

thanks,

greg k-h
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