linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: dock_link

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Date:	Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:42:31 -0800 (PST)
From:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
To:	Holger Macht <holger@...ac.de>
cc:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...hat.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: dock_link_device is oopsy

On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Holger Macht wrote:
> On Fr 17. Feb - 13:46:04, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> > Matthew,
> > 
> > A linux-next oops at bootup in dock_link_device() tells me that you
> > were not feeling well when you wrote that and dock_unlink_device():
> > I hope you're feeling better now and can rewrite them soon.
> 
> Andrew Morton experienced a similar problem. What system are you using?
> I didn't encounter this problem with the systems I tested with.

The two systems I got that on were both 4-year-old Core2 Duo systems,
one an HP quad desktop, one a Fujitsu-Siemens laptop.

> 
> Do you actually have a /sys/devices/platform/dock.?/ directory with a
> file 'type' that contains 'dock_station'?

I'll have to report back on that this evening, I'm away from them now.

Hugh
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