Re: Patch "HID: uhid: add devname module alias" has been added to the 3.11-stable tree

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On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 06:35:05PM +0200, David Herrmann wrote:
> Hi Greg
> 
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 5:06 PM,  <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
> >
> >     HID: uhid: add devname module alias
> >
> > to the 3.11-stable tree which can be found at:
> >     http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
> >
> > The filename of the patch is:
> >      hid-uhid-add-devname-module-alias.patch
> > and it can be found in the queue-3.11 subdirectory.
> >
> > If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
> > please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
> >
> >
> > From 60cbd53e4bf623fe978e6f23a6da642e730fde3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 11:02:46 -0700
> > Subject: HID: uhid: add devname module alias
> >
> > From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > commit 60cbd53e4bf623fe978e6f23a6da642e730fde3a upstream.
> >
> > For simple device node creation, add the devname module alias.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This patch is a no-op. There is a tested fix pending on linux-input:
>   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.input/31873
> 
> I didn't know this patch was sent to stable so I didn't follow it,
> sorry. I guess we can drop this patch and once the fix gets upstream
> and it's stable-material we can pick up both?

Ok, I'll drop it now, and pick them both up later.  I was the one that
dug this out for stable, no one sent it to me.

thanks,

greg k-h
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