linux-kernel - Re: [patch 07/41] fbdev/atyfb: Fix DSP config on some PowerMacs & PowerBooks

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Message-Id: <1233825797.4612.80.camel@pasglop>
Date:	Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:23:17 +1100
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	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>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	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, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Risto Suominen <Risto.Suominen@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 07/41] fbdev/atyfb: Fix DSP config on some PowerMacs &
 PowerBooks

On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 16:02 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 10:51:15AM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 10:46 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > plain text document attachment
> > > (fbdev-atyfb-fix-dsp-config-on-some-powermacs-powerbooks.patch)
> > > 2.6.27-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> > 
> > My only possible worry with that one is the first generation clamshell
> > iBook which uses a Mobility M1 chip, for which we haven't had anybody
> > testing whether this would break it or not ... 
> > 
> > So if anybody with such a machine is reading this, please holler...
> 
> But this patch is already in Linus's tree, so why would you worry about
> this?

Oh I always worry about things I can't test ;-) Just felt like
increasing the chances of finding the one or two users still with that
specific machine model :-)

Cheers,
Ben.


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