From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kay.sievers@suse.de,
Michael_E_Brown@dell.com, zoz@suse.de, dkukawka@suse.de,
trenn@suse.de, Douglas_Warzecha@dell.com, Anil_Rao@dell.com,
davej@redhat.com, davidz@redhat.com, ben.collins@ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dcdbas: add DMI-based module autloading
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:34:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071029143434.a87fe371.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071029212514.GA1328@humbolt.us.dell.com>
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:25:15 -0500
Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> wrote:
> DMI autoload dcdbas on all Dell systems.
>
> This looks for BIOS Vendor or System Vendor == Dell, so this should
> work for systems both Dell-branded and those Dell builds but brands
> for others. It causes udev to load the dcdbas module at startup,
> which is used by tools called by HAL for wireless control and
> backlight control, among other uses.
fyi, I added this to the 2.6.25 queue. If you think a patch should go into
2.6.24 then it is best to explicitly say that and to explain why.
parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-29 21:35 UTC|newest]
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