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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 09:54:52 +0200 (CEST)
From: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
To: Paul Dino Jones <paul@spacefreak18.xyz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] Interpret 0 length ff effects as infinite (0xffff)
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On Tue, 21 May 2024, Paul Dino Jones wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> More and more vendors are entering the force feedback wheel space, and
> many are supported well by this driver. Unfortunately a lot of new users
> are hitting this issue.
> 
> It would be nice to have this merged.
> 
> I think we all agree a 0 length effect makes no sense, and this change
> wouldn't break anything that sends 0xffff.

Could you please make the changelog a little bit more structured, namely 
what is the user-visible problem this patch is fixing, and how / why it is 
a proper fix.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs