From: Marcos Paulo de Souza <marcos.souza.org@gmail.com>
To: Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org>
Cc: corentin.chary@gmail.com, acpi4asus-user@lists.sourceforge.net,
platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] platform/x86/asus-nb-wmi.c: Add X45U quirk
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 00:05:12 -0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161106020510.GA6228@xfiles> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161105182404.GB100528@f23x64.localdomain>
Hi Darren,
On Sat, Nov 05, 2016 at 11:24:04AM -0700, Darren Hart wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 11:56:10PM -0200, Marcos Paulo de Souza wrote:
> > Without this patch, the Asus X45U wireless card can't be turned
> > on (hard-blocked), but after a suspend/resume it just starts working.
> >
> > Following this bug report[1], there are other cases like this one, but
> > this Asus is the only model that I can test.
> >
> > [1] https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181558
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Marcos Paulo de Souza <marcos.souza.org@gmail.com>
> > Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> >
> > ---
> > This patch applies smoothly in 4.8.6 and 4.4.29. I hope now I followed
> > the instructions correctly.
>
> Hi Marcos,
>
> You'll find exact steps in the stable_kernel_rules.txt document regarding how to
> annotate the commit message with Cc lines indicating to which versions this
> patch should be applied.
>
> If, for example, you have verified that this patch is relevant only to 4.4 and
> forward, you would include:
>
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.4.x-
>
> But this should mean that the patch is explicitly broken or otherwise
> inappropriate for 4.3 and earlier.
Yes, I have misread the documentation. I could apply the patch as is just in
the versions 4.8.6 and 4.4.29, but maybe I could rework te patch earlier versions.
But, aside from stable tree, do you agree with this change, since it fixes the
wireless problem in this laptop?
Thanks,
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Darren Hart
> Intel Open Source Technology Center
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-11-06 2:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-01 1:56 [PATCH v2] platform/x86/asus-nb-wmi.c: Add X45U quirk Marcos Paulo de Souza
2016-11-05 18:24 ` Darren Hart
2016-11-06 2:05 ` Marcos Paulo de Souza [this message]
2016-11-07 18:35 ` Darren Hart
2016-11-07 20:13 ` Marcos Paulo de Souza
2016-11-08 0:10 ` Marcos Paulo de Souza
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