linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RFC] drivers/firmware/dcdbas: rework to get uevents

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Date:	Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:23:35 +0100
From:	Danny Kukawka <dkukawka@...e.de>
To:	Michael E Brown <Michael_E_Brown@...l.com>
Cc:	Frank Seidel <fseidel@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>,
	Doug Warzecha <Douglas_Warzecha@...l.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] drivers/firmware/dcdbas: rework to get uevents

On Dienstag, 20. November 2007, Michael E Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 11:53:53AM +0100, Frank Seidel wrote:
> > On Mittwoch 14 November 2007 19:32:01, you (Frank Seidel) wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > this is a small trivial rework of the dcdbas driver so
> > > HAL can get uevents when platform devices are added or removed.
> >
> > Sorry for the noise! In the meantime i realized (thanks to a nice
> > colleague) this isn't really necessary anymore since patch
> > 43cc71eed1250755986da4c0f9898f9a635cb3bf is in mainline.
> >
> > If you'd anyway to add this patch i gues this is a better version
> > of it.
>
> Frank, Danny,
>
> Can you possibly explain a bit why this patch is necessary? Danny, does
> this fix the module load problems that you had detailed in your earlier
> email?
>
> If this is still necessary, then either Doug or Matt can queue it up for
> next kernel release.

AFAIK the patch Frank posted isn't needed anymore since this is commited to 
mainline: 43cc71eed1250755986da4c0f9898f9a635cb3bf 

Danny
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