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Message-ID: <20080717162628.GB18457@khazad-dum.debian.net>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:26:28 -0300
From:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
To:	Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@...e.de>
Cc:	alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acpi: Avoid dropping rapid hotkey events (or other
	GPEs) on Asus EeePC

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, Alexey Starikovskiy wrote:
> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, Alexey Starikovskiy wrote:
>>> Thanks for the patch, ACK.
>>
>> This one fixes a potentially bad problem, since we could ignore more than
>> just hot key EC events by accident.  Maybe it should go to -stable?
>
> I vote for it

Well, in that case, it would be best to tack a Cc: stable@...nel.org git
footer to it right away, I think.

IMHO, it would also be nice if the commit message made it more clear that
the issue it solves can affect much more serious ACPI events than just hot
key presses.

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh
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