linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: pcie: fix SPLC structure parsing

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Message-ID: <1476363353.1999.17.camel@tiscali.nl>
Date:   Thu, 13 Oct 2016 14:55:53 +0200
From:   Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:     Luca Coelho <luca@...lho.fi>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        chris@...vick.com
Cc:     linuxwifi@...el.com, emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com,
        johannes@...solutions.net, kvalo@...eaurora.org,
        oren.givon@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: pcie: fix SPLC structure parsing

On Thu, 2016-10-13 at 15:44 +0300, Luca Coelho wrote:
>  Even though there is apparently something wrong with this part of the
> ACPI table on you laptop, since it doesn't match our specifications.
>  In any case, it's mostly harmless.

Would a correct implementation by Dell have any benefits for the users
of these laptops? In other words: should I bother somehow contacting
Dell and point them to this discussion in order to have them fix this?


Paul Bolle