On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Thomas Bächler <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am 05.03.2014 19:36, schrieb Marcel Holtmann: >>>>> This reverts commit bfacbb9aec029b3200053d84c8cd5d7575f2d4a5. >>>> >>>> NAK. We allocated a static minor for this. >>> >>> Johan mentioned that. Commit b075dd40c95d11c2c8690f6c4d6232fc, >>> correct? > > I am sorry Marcel, I only looked at the Linus tree, not at bluetooth or > bluetooth-next. This commit should indeed fix the problem. Disregard my > patch. > >> Why isn't that headed into 3.14 right now, and CC'd to >>> stable? Currently you have a somewhat broken driver in 3.13 and >>> 3.14-rcX that seems to have a pretty clear fix. >> >> somewhat broken? kmod prints this as an error, but it is not a regression in user functionality. The driver works just as before. The error message can be ignored. > > It's a regression in my sanity, since numerous users blame all kernel > bugs on this error message and I am tired of explaining the situation > (problem + error message == problem found *sigh*). I only sent this > patch since I hadn't found the correct fix. Exactly. >> So if anybody feels strongly that the static device node assignment should be put into -stable, then I am fine with it. However I do not see this as passing requirement for a -stable fix since it is really not affecting anyone (minus the misleading message from kmod). > > Since b075dd4 will end up in the Linus tree eventually, I have no > trouble backporting it myself. I don't have any difficulty doing that either, but if it was in stable every distro getting bugs about it wouldn't have to carry the fix on their own. josh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
