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 <marcos.souza.org@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > --- > > > > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe platform-driver-x86" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
