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From: "Jaya Kumar" <jayakumar.lkml@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] fbdev: Make deferred I/O work
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Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:30:37 +0800
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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.

Thanks,
jaya

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