Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:16:13 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@dell.com>
Cc: mjg59@srcf.ucam.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ignore garbage in dell-wmi events
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On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:40:34 -0500
Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@dell.com> wrote:

> In debugging with some future machines that actually contain BIOS level
> support for dell-wmi, I've determined that the upper half of the data
> that comes back from wmi_get_event_data may sometimes contain extra
> information that isn't currently relevant when pulling scan codes out of
> the data.  This causes dell-wmi to improperly respond to these events.
> 
> I'm attaching a patch (Exchange would munge up the line breaks otherwise).

Can you please send along a Signed-off-by: for this patch? 
Documentation/SubmittingPatches explains what it's all about.

Thanks.
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