linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.35-rc5] hp-wmi patch missed .35 merge window, requesting addition to next rc

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Date:	Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:37:08 +0200
From:	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Josh Hill <joshua.hill@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...hat.com, stable@...nel.org,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	"Zhang, Rui" <rui.zhang@...el.com>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.35-rc5] hp-wmi patch missed .35 merge window, requesting addition to next rc

Hi,

I didn't know about this one.
Can people please add me to CC list on hp-wmi specific bug
reports (for existing and new ones), thanks.

On Wednesday 22 September 2010 04:08:16 Andrew Morton wrote:
> (cc's added)
> The suggestion is that mainline's
> 751ae808f6b29803228609f51aa1ae057f5c576e ("x86 platform drivers: hp-wmi
> Reorder event id processing") be backported into 2.6.35.x to fix the
> post-2.6.32 regression described in
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15344
Hmm, the bug is still in "open" state, there is no statement that anything
is found yet fixing the issue.

Could you please update the bug report if you verified and are sure
the patch helps.

The patch is a cleanup, has some functional change, but should
do things correctly now. As long as no special case was handled
by always calling:
hp_wmi_get_entry_by_scancode(eventcode);
even it was not a hotkey event, this is a straight forward fix and
if no one else complains, you have my vote for adding this to
stable kernel(s).

about:
> if this patch doesn't make it into .35 my laptop
> will be doing this for its (10.10) entire lifetime.
Isn't Ubuntu following stable 2.6.35.X kernels and you would get this with
an update if it's pushed into stable kernels?
I expect they do follow and there is no need to hurry?

     Thomas
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