[2.6.35-rc5] hp-wmi patch missed .35 merge window, requesting addition to next rc

[2.6.35-rc5] hp-wmi patch missed .35 merge window, requesting addition to next rc

[Josh Hill]

please cc as i'm unsubscribed
as reported in this bug: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15344
and the patch: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=751ae808f6b29803228609f51aa1ae057f5c576e

the backlight on this laptop goes down one level whenever
/proc/acpi/ac_adapter/*/status is read.
i've been told the patch missed the .35 merge window, and is going to
be in .36, but ubuntu is
going to release 10.10 soon with .35 in it, and if this patch doesn't
make it into .35 my laptop
will be doing this for its (10.10) entire lifetime. i didn't know who
to really contact and request this sort
of thing so i'm doing it here.

thanks,
  josh

Re: [2.6.35-rc5] hp-wmi patch missed .35 merge window, requesting addition to next rc

[Andrew Morton]

(cc's added)

On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:23:57 -0700 Josh Hill <joshua.hill@gmail.com> wrote:

> please cc as i'm unsubscribed
> as reported in this bug: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15344
> and the patch: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=751ae808f6b29803228609f51aa1ae057f5c576e
> 
> the backlight on this laptop goes down one level whenever
> /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/*/status is read.
> i've been told the patch missed the .35 merge window, and is going to
> be in .36, but ubuntu is
> going to release 10.10 soon with .35 in it, and if this patch doesn't
> make it into .35 my laptop
> will be doing this for its (10.10) entire lifetime. i didn't know who
> to really contact and request this sort
> of thing so i'm doing it here.

The suggestion is that mainline's
751ae808f6b29803228609f51aa1ae057f5c576e ("x86 platform drivers: hp-wmi
Reorder event id processing") be backported into 2.6.35.x to fix the
post-2.6.32 regression described in
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15344

Re: [2.6.35-rc5] hp-wmi patch missed .35 merge window, requesting addition to next rc

[Thomas Renninger]

Hi,

I didn't know about this one.
Can people please add me to CC list on hp-wmi specific bug
reports (for existing and new ones), thanks.

On Wednesday 22 September 2010 04:08:16 Andrew Morton wrote:
> (cc's added)
> The suggestion is that mainline's
> 751ae808f6b29803228609f51aa1ae057f5c576e ("x86 platform drivers: hp-wmi
> Reorder event id processing") be backported into 2.6.35.x to fix the
> post-2.6.32 regression described in
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15344
Hmm, the bug is still in "open" state, there is no statement that anything
is found yet fixing the issue.

Could you please update the bug report if you verified and are sure
the patch helps.

The patch is a cleanup, has some functional change, but should
do things correctly now. As long as no special case was handled
by always calling:
hp_wmi_get_entry_by_scancode(eventcode);
even it was not a hotkey event, this is a straight forward fix and
if no one else complains, you have my vote for adding this to
stable kernel(s).

about:
> if this patch doesn't make it into .35 my laptop
> will be doing this for its (10.10) entire lifetime.
Isn't Ubuntu following stable 2.6.35.X kernels and you would get this with
an update if it's pushed into stable kernels?
I expect they do follow and there is no need to hurry?

     Thomas

Re: [2.6.35-rc5] hp-wmi patch missed .35 merge window, requesting addition to next rc

[Stefan Bader]

On 09/23/2010 10:37 AM, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I didn't know about this one.
> Can people please add me to CC list on hp-wmi specific bug
> reports (for existing and new ones), thanks.
> 
> On Wednesday 22 September 2010 04:08:16 Andrew Morton wrote:
>> (cc's added)
>> The suggestion is that mainline's
>> 751ae808f6b29803228609f51aa1ae057f5c576e ("x86 platform drivers: hp-wmi
>> Reorder event id processing") be backported into 2.6.35.x to fix the
>> post-2.6.32 regression described in
>> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15344
> Hmm, the bug is still in "open" state, there is no statement that anything
> is found yet fixing the issue.
> 
> Could you please update the bug report if you verified and are sure
> the patch helps.
> 
> The patch is a cleanup, has some functional change, but should
> do things correctly now. As long as no special case was handled
> by always calling:
> hp_wmi_get_entry_by_scancode(eventcode);
> even it was not a hotkey event, this is a straight forward fix and
> if no one else complains, you have my vote for adding this to
> stable kernel(s).
> 
> about:
>> if this patch doesn't make it into .35 my laptop
>> will be doing this for its (10.10) entire lifetime.
> Isn't Ubuntu following stable 2.6.35.X kernels and you would get this with
> an update if it's pushed into stable kernels?
> I expect they do follow and there is no need to hurry?
> 
Yes, we do follow 2.6.35.y updates at least for a few months after release. So
there should be no particular need to hurry. At least if it gets to Greg before
he stops caring about .35.

-Stefan

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Re: [stable] [2.6.35-rc5] hp-wmi patch missed .35 merge window, requesting addition to next rc

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 07:08:16PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> (cc's added)
> 
> On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:23:57 -0700 Josh Hill <joshua.hill@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > please cc as i'm unsubscribed
> > as reported in this bug: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15344
> > and the patch: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=751ae808f6b29803228609f51aa1ae057f5c576e
> > 
> > the backlight on this laptop goes down one level whenever
> > /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/*/status is read.
> > i've been told the patch missed the .35 merge window, and is going to
> > be in .36, but ubuntu is
> > going to release 10.10 soon with .35 in it, and if this patch doesn't
> > make it into .35 my laptop
> > will be doing this for its (10.10) entire lifetime. i didn't know who
> > to really contact and request this sort
> > of thing so i'm doing it here.
> 
> The suggestion is that mainline's
> 751ae808f6b29803228609f51aa1ae057f5c576e ("x86 platform drivers: hp-wmi
> Reorder event id processing") be backported into 2.6.35.x to fix the
> post-2.6.32 regression described in
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15344

Now applied.

thanks,

greg k-h