Re: [PATCH 4/7] nsc-ircc: Default to dongle type 9 on IBM hardware

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Tue Jul 29 2008 - 21:46:01 EST


On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 07:46:12PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> The changelog doesn't exist^Wexplain the reasons for this patch.
>
> I assume it fixes some bug? What is it?

It's necessary to set the dongle type on the nsc driver in order to get
it to work correctly. Thinkpads all appear to use dongle type 9. This
patch defaults nsc devices with an IBM PnP descriptor to use type 9.

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