On Fri, 1 Feb 2013 16:08:15 +0100 Christian Gmeiner <christian.gmeiner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ping Bryan is handling LEDs patches (see ./MAINTAINERS). Without a cc he presumably missed this in the lkml flood. > 2013/1/23 GMEINER.Christian <C.GMEINER@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> -----Urspr__ngliche Nachricht----- > >> Von: Christian Gmeiner [mailto:christian.gmeiner@xxxxxxxxx] > >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 23. Januar 2013 09:11 > >> An: linux-next@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > >> rpurdie@xxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; GMEINER.Christian > >> Cc: Christian Gmeiner > >> Betreff: [PATCH] leds-ot200: Fix error caused by shifted mask > >> > >> During the development of this driver an in-house register documentation > >> was used. The last weeks some integration tests were done and this problem > >> was found. It turned out that the released register documentation is wrong. > >> > >> The fix is very simple: shift all masks by one. > >> The changelog failed to describe the effects of the bug it fixes. This is a grave (and all too common) omission; it makes it difficult for others to determine whether the patch should be backported into earlier kernels. So, please tell us. And feel free to explain whether you believe the fix should be backported. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
