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

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:44:39 +0100 Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.
> 

So it makes thinkpads work?  That's useful info.

We're getting there.  Who actually authored the patch?
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