linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resend] hid-magicmouse: Increase evdev buffer size

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Date:	Mon, 4 Apr 2011 14:39:10 -0700
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@...onical.com>
Cc:	Jeffrey Brown <jeffbrown@...roid.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>,
	Simon Budig <simon@...ig.de>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] hid-magicmouse: Increase evdev buffer size

On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 02:55:03PM -0400, Chase Douglas wrote:
> On 04/04/2011 02:13 PM, Jeffrey Brown wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 5:43 AM, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz> wrote:
> >> I'd happuly take Chase's patch, but want to make sure that we don't cause
> >> any changes that would make backwards compatilibity an issue later.
> > 
> > There should be no compatibility issues.  However, we might be better
> > off in the long term taking (some variation of) these patches instead.
> 
> I like the proposed changes, but I want to ensure stable kernel releases
> aren't left out of the fix for hid-magicmouse. I don't know the best way
> forward, but here's one possibility:
> 
> 1. Apply my patch to manually set the buffer size hint
> 2. It gets sent to stable trees due to the 'Cc: stable@...nel.org' line
> 3. Apply Jeffrey's patches, including a reversion of my buffer size hint
> 
> Obviously the extra application and reversion is odd, but this seems the
> easiest way forward given that the patches already exist and can be
> applied without issue.
> 

Or, once Jeffrey's patches hit mainline, send your change to stable with
the explanation why it is needed for stable but not for mainline.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry
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