From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752357AbcKGUOO (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2016 15:14:14 -0500 Received: from mail-qk0-f196.google.com ([209.85.220.196]:36052 "EHLO mail-qk0-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752224AbcKGUOJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2016 15:14:09 -0500 Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 18:13:58 -0200 From: Marcos Paulo de Souza To: Darren Hart 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 Message-ID: <20161107201356.GA10184@xfiles> References: <1477965370-24892-1-git-send-email-marcos.souza.org@gmail.com> <20161105182404.GB100528@f23x64.localdomain> <20161106020510.GA6228@xfiles> <20161107183505.GA14565@f23x64.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20161107183505.GA14565@f23x64.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.1 (2016-10-04) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Darren, On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 10:35:05AM -0800, Darren Hart wrote: > On Sun, Nov 06, 2016 at 12:05:12AM -0200, Marcos Paulo de Souza wrote: > > 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 > > > > Cc: > > > > > > > > --- > > > > 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: # 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? > > Yes, no objection to the patch. It happened to land right about the time we were > having the "be better about how you manage your stable commits" discussion at > kernel summit, so it got some extra focus :-) > > Care to resend with the Cc stable tag corrected? Absolutely not. I just sent a new version with the version along with the stable email. Thanks for your patience in this subject :) > > -- > Darren Hart > Intel Open Source Technology Center