linux-kernel - Re: [Stable-review] [051/197] backlight: mbp_nvidia_bl

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Date:	Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:04:52 -0400
From:	Evan McClain <evan.mcclain@...ech.edu>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org, Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ux.intel.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	stable-review@...nel.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Stable-review] [051/197] backlight: mbp_nvidia_bl - add five
 more MacBook variants

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 07:11:02PM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand the implications either. The real question in
> my opinion is : is it better to keep this patch, to delay it or to drop
> it ?

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with this whole process, but if the
intention of the stable review is to only include perfectly correct
code, I would suggest delaying until Steffen Röcker's patch could be
included too.

As my patch currently stands, it will add support for only four of the 
claimed five MacBook models. Unless some other machine reports a product 
name of MacBook1,1 and a vendor of Apple Inc. and doesn't use an intel 
graphics card there should be no real issues with the patch as it stands 
other than claiming to support MacBook1,1.

-- 
Evan McClain
Aerospace Engineering
Graduate Student Senator  .
evan.mcclain@...ech.edu  ..:

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