linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thinkpad-acpi: Fix wrong assignment

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Date:	Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:36:51 -0200
From:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
To:	Felipe Pena <felipensp@...il.com>
Cc:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <ibm-acpi@....eng.br>,
	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>,
	ibm-acpi-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thinkpad-acpi: Fix wrong assignment

On Fri, 18 Oct 2013, Felipe Pena wrote:
> In the thermal_init function when checking for thinkpad_id.ec_model,
> the 'ta2' variable is being OR'd when acpi_ec_read call succeeds,
> on fail it is setting 0 to 'ta1' variable instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Felipe Pena <felipensp@...il.com>

NAK.

ta1 == 0 implies malfunction on the direct-from-EC temperature reading,
which is what the code wants to signal.  The code is correct as is.

Do not merge this patch.

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