2013/2/1 Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > 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. You are right... ~/kernel/linux-3.7.6$ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f drivers/leds/leds-ot200.c Bryan Wu <cooloney@xxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:LED SUBSYSTEM) Richard Purdie <rpurdie@xxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:LED SUBSYSTEM) linux-leds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list:LED SUBSYSTEM) linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list) Next time I will add Bryan to CC > >> 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. Our customers can control LEDs from userspace via Java, C++ or what every. They have running/working applications where they want to control led_3 but led_2 get's used. I got a bug report in our in-house bug tracker so it would be great if this patch can make it into 3.7.x series. thanks -- Christian Gmeiner, MSc -- 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
