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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 08:15:58 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, Yannick Roehlly <yannick.roehlly@...e.fr>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@...el.com>, Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>, berndl81@....at, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> Subject: Re: Reverting 5d423 fixes loading of ath9k on Acer Extensa 7630EZ * Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...il.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote: > > > > * Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > >> > > >> > Can you please consider reviewing this issue and help determine if > >> > this indeed needs to be reverted for 2.6.32 and the next 2.6.31.y. > >> > > >> > I am curious if other devices would work by reverting this as well. > >> > [ ... ] For details please feel free to check: > >> > > >> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14402 > >> > >> That same commit was the cause for > >> > >> ?? ?? ?? http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13940 > >> > >> and we just increased the rounding to make it go away (see commit > >> 15b812f1). But that was a hack. > >> > >> And if that didn't help the ath9k case, then we should just revert > >> entirely. > > > > Agreed - below is the combo 15b812f1 + 5d423ccd revert. (Would be nice > > to get the boot log of the latest post-15b812f1 kernel that Yinghai > > asked for before we revert, in the hope of better understanding the > > problem.) > > Bernhard has confirmed the new patch fixes this issue. Good - so latest kernels should be fine (on Bernhard's box) and no change is needed, right? Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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