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From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: Jeff Epler <jepler@unpythonic.net>
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>,
	Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: psmouse - when comparing PNP IDs ignore case
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 14:19:47 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150302221947.GA30717@dtor-glaptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150302221435.GA668@unpythonic.net>

Hi Jeff,

On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 04:14:37PM -0600, Jeff Epler wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 04:18:52PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > PNP IDs are supposed to be case-insensitive and so we should compare
> > them as such.
> 
> Have specific systems popped up which need this fix, or is it just in
> the interests of being correct?  If there are specific system(s) that
> are affected, it would be valuable to list them or at least say so.

It is needed by another patch identifying SYN300D as a forcepad whereas in
BIOS it is actually SYN300d. While we could change the kernel to match against
SYN300d I am not sure if somebody else won't use SYN300D in some other BIOS.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry

      reply	other threads:[~2015-03-02 22:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-02-28  0:18 [PATCH] Input: psmouse - when comparing PNP IDs ignore case Dmitry Torokhov
2015-02-28 10:15 ` Hans de Goede
2015-03-02 22:14 ` Jeff Epler
2015-03-02 22:19   ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]

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