Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755568Ab0DWTNK (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:13:10 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:41312 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755092Ab0DWTNG (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:13:06 -0400 Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:11:54 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Evan McClain Cc: Willy Tarreau , Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable-review@kernel.org, Richard Purdie , akpm@linux-foundation.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, stable@kernel.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Subject: Re: [stable] [Stable-review] [051/197] backlight: mbp_nvidia_bl - add five more MacBook variants Message-ID: <20100423191153.GA7345@kroah.com> References: <20100422191857.GA13268@kroah.com> <20100422190911.935042749@kvm.kroah.org> <20100422195413.GA10849@macbook.site> <20100423160227.GB8048@suse.de> <20100423164945.GA21696@macbook.site> <20100423170542.GA21977@macbook.site> <20100423171102.GB14832@1wt.eu> <20100423180452.GA3112@macbook.site> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20100423180452.GA3112@macbook.site> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1165 Lines: 27 On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 02:04:52PM -0400, Evan McClain wrote: > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 07:11:02PM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote: > > 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 ? > > I'm afraid I'm not familiar with this whole process, but if the > intention of the stable review is to only include perfectly correct > code, I would suggest delaying until Steffen R?cker's patch could be > included too. > > As my patch currently stands, it will add support for only four of the > claimed five MacBook models. Unless some other machine reports a product > name of MacBook1,1 and a vendor of Apple Inc. and doesn't use an intel > graphics card there should be no real issues with the patch as it stands > other than claiming to support MacBook1,1. It's ok, we'll leave the patch as-is. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/