From: Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@dell.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Tim Gardner <timg@tpi.com>,
marcel@holtmann.org, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Dell Wireless 365 requires reset quirk
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:41:21 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <491A1821.3070103@dell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081111145706.9bfb4627.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 09:24:48 -0700 (MST)
> timg@tpi.com (Tim Gardner) wrote:
>
>
>
> I shall assume that this patch was authored by Mario. This should have
> been communicated by adding his From: line right at the top of the
> changelog. Mario's signed-off-by: is absent, but that is tolerable
> because we have yours.
>
> The (absent) changelog fails to explain what effect this patch has.
> _why_ does this driver need this quirk?
>
> As it stands, there is insufficient information here for making
> 2.6.28-vs-2.6.29 decisions, let alone 2.6.27.x, 2.6.26.x, etc.
>
Hi Andrew:
This patch causes the BT365 to be reset when the driver is loaded.
Without it, you won't be able to connect to other devices or scan for
devices.
Regards
--
Mario Limonciello
*Dell | Linux Engineering*
mario_limonciello@dell.com
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-11 23:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-04 16:24 Dell Wireless 365 requires reset quirk Tim Gardner
2008-11-11 22:57 ` Andrew Morton
2008-11-11 23:41 ` Mario Limonciello [this message]
2008-11-14 0:59 ` Tim Gardner
2008-11-30 10:33 ` Marcel Holtmann
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