linux-kernel - Re: [1/1] w1: w1 temp calculation overflow fix.

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Message-ID: <20090210085437.GA3513@ioremap.net>
Date:	Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:54:37 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ian@...are.dropbear.id.au
Subject: Re: [1/1] w1: w1 temp calculation overflow fix.

On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 03:31:25PM -0800, Andrew Morton (akpm@...ux-foundation.org) wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 14:48:03 -0800
> Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > But we still don't have a _reason_.  Presumably the bug causes the
> > driver to malfunction in some manner.
> 
> ah-hah.  I discovered http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12646
> 
> Now all is revealed!

Argh, I did not get that you need this description :)
Yes, reading sysfs temperature file may return wrong (overflown) value.

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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