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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 09:37:47 +0100 From: "Henrik Rydberg" <rydberg@...omail.se> To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: Fix double equality sign in uevent On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 12:04:28AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 08:31:57PM +0100, Henrik Rydberg wrote: > > Looking at the uevent stream for input devices, all properties > > are on the form "A=B" except the bitmap values, which are on the > > form "A==B". Remedied with this patch. > > > > Cc: stable@...nel.org > > Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se> > > --- > > Hi Dmitry, > > > > Unless the input bitmap properties should really behave differently, > > this patch ought to be a candidate for 2.6.37. > > > > Hmm, I do not think so because: > > - either nobody uses bitmap variables and then it is not priority > - users worked around the problem and by applying fix we'd be > breaking their setups. > > I think we should apply it but at the beginning of .38 cycle to give us > a chance to evaluate and maybe revert. > > Does this make sense? Indeed, since the problem has been around at least since 2007, it makes perfect sense. Thanks, Henrik -- 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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