linux-kernel - Re: [patch 37/83] USB: add Nikon D300 camera to unusual

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.0812111448500.15474-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:51:42 -0500 (EST)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Paul Ready <lxtwin@...ecall.co.uk>
cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<stable@...nel.org>, Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Domenico Andreoli <cavokz@...il.com>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Rodrigo Rubira Branco <rbranco@...checkpoint.com>,
	Jake Edge <jake@....net>, Eugene Teo <eteo@...hat.com>,
	<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [patch 37/83] USB: add Nikon D300 camera to unusual_devs

On Thu, 11 Dec 2008, Chris Wedgwood wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:14:55AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > 2.6.27-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please
> > let us know.
> >
> > From: Paul Ready <lxtwin@...ecall.co.uk>
> >
> > commit 0047ca0a45c6a481abd467fb52d2a480ffc8c6b9 upstream
> >
> > Addresses http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11685
> >
> > When A Nikon D300 camera is connected to a system it is seen in
> > /proc/bus/pci/devices but is not accessible.
> 
> 
> I can't tell from looking over the bugzilla comments if this fix is
> really the right fix or even necessary.
> 
> Is this definately the right fix?

It's not entirely clear from the Bugzilla entry that any fix is needed
at all!  In comment #14 I asked Paul Ready (the submitter) to post a
log showing what goes wrong when the entry isn't present, but he never
did.

Alan Stern

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