Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:11:02 +0200
From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
To: Evan McClain <evan.mcclain@gatech.edu>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org,
       Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com>, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
       torvalds@linux-foundation.org, stable-review@kernel.org,
       alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Stable-review] [051/197] backlight: mbp_nvidia_bl - add five more MacBook variants
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On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 01:05:43PM -0400, Evan McClain wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:49:46PM -0400, Evan McClain wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 09:02:27AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > I don't understand, is this patch not correct?  Should I drop it from
> > > the stable release?
> > 
> > It is correct, but it will not match MacBook1,1s as intended due to
> > apple changing vendor names.
> 
> And by correct, I mean it would be correct if it only claimed to add
> four MacBook variants instead of five.

I'm not sure I understand the implications either. The real question in
my opinion is : is it better to keep this patch, to delay it or to drop
it ?

Willy

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