Re: [PATCH 2/3] fbdev: Make deferred I/O work as advertized

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:30:37 +0800
"Jaya Kumar" <jayakumar.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 2:37 AM, Andrew Morton
> <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> >
> >  Do we need some of all of that patch in 2.6.25?  I wasn't aware of such a
> >  need.
> >
> >  If the drivers/video/fb_defio.c hunk of that patch fixes something then I'd
> >  be inclined to merge the whole thing - adding a new driver won't hurt
> >  anyone.
> >
> 
> Yes, the defio hunk is a bugfix. I agree with pushing the whole thing
> to 2.6.25 if there are people who need it in 2.6.25. I believe there
> is no risk of impact on anyone else.
> 

Well all we have in the changelog is

  Implement support for the E-Ink Metronome controller.  It provides an
  mmapable interface to the controller using defio support.  It was tested
  with a gumstix pxa255 with Vizplex media using Xfbdev and various X
  clients such as xeyes, xpdf, xloadimage.

grump.  This say nothing at all about the change to drivers/video/fb_defio.c.

a) the changelog _should_ document this change.  Please send a paragraph and
   I'll add it.

b) If this discussion hadn't happened, that bug (whatever it is) would
   have remained unfixed in 2.6.25.  As a direct consequence of poor
   changelogging.

c) This bugfix (whatever it is) should have been in a separate patch.

Thanks.

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