Re: 2.6.20-rc6 pb_fnmode regression

[Soeren Sonnenburg <kernel@nn7.de>]

On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 10:55 +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:
> 
> > I realized that any setting to /sys/module/usbhid/parameters/pb_fnmode 
> > is just ignored until the machine does a suspend-resume cycle.
[...]
> I would rather be inclined to just make the 
> /sys/module/usbhid/parameters/pb_fnmode read-only (which is what most of 
> the drivers do anyway), to avoid this kind of confusion.
> 
> Do you have really any strong use-case, when setting the parameter during 
> runtime would be much more useful than just do it during modprobe or 
> rmmod/modprobe cycle?

Well I need in-kernel usbhid and the way this was implemented in 2.6.19
(and before) one could change pb_fnmode on-the-fly. This is mentioned in
all the power/i/mac/book tutorials and everyone is used to switching
modes this way.

I can happily patch the kernel to use the pb_fnmode but nonetheless this
is a regression to pre 2.6.20* and will confuse others too...

Soeren
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