linux-kernel - Re: Laptop shock detection and harddisk protection

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Message-ID: <48CEC14D.6020601@kernel.org>
Date:	Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:10:53 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Shem Multinymous <multinymous@...il.com>
CC:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Elias Oltmanns <eo@...ensachen.de>,
	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Laptop shock detection and harddisk protection

Shem Multinymous wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 4:29 AM, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
>>> Sorry, but no, I can't accept this code as it is coming from a "known
>>> anonymous" person containing information that it is not known where it
>>> came from.
>>>
>>> We went over this before a number of years ago, that's why this code
>>> isn't in mainline :(
>> Shem Multinymous, I suppose nothing really has changd since the last
>> time?
> 
> The only pertinent change is that I've added even more documentation
> to thinkpad_ec.c, explaining how we're just following the published
> H8S specs (plus some workarounds for experimentally observed bugs).
> 
> As noted before, I'd be more than happy to assign away copyrights or
> discuss things further in private if this would help.

I bet you had enough discussion about this last time but any chance
you can break out of the anonymity?  :-)

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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