Re: Dell Wireless 365 requires reset quirk

From: Tim Gardner
Date: Thu Nov 13 2008 - 20:00:35 EST


This is a multi-part message in MIME format.Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 09:24:48 -0700 (MST)
> timg@xxxxxxx (Tim Gardner) wrote:
>
>> >From 931ccb629d739aa563347a4e866bc26107e6b545 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 09:18:06 -0700
>> Subject: [PATCH] Dell Wireless 365 needs BTUSB_RESET quirk.
>> OriginalAuthor: Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
>> ---
>> drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c | 3 +++
>> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
>> index af472e0..051b758 100644
>> --- a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
>> +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
>> @@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ static struct usb_device_id blacklist_table[] = {
>> /* Dell laptop with Broadcom chip */
>> { USB_DEVICE(0x413c, 0x8126), .driver_info = BTUSB_RESET | BTUSB_WRONG_SCO_MTU },
>>
>> + /* Dell Wireless 365 */
>> + { USB_DEVICE(0x413c, 0x8160), .driver_info = BTUSB_RESET },
>> +
>> /* Dell Wireless 370 */
>> { USB_DEVICE(0x413c, 0x8156), .driver_info = BTUSB_RESET | BTUSB_WRONG_SCO_MTU },
>>
>
> I shall assume that this patch was authored by Mario. This should have
> been communicated by adding his From: line right at the top of the
> changelog. Mario's signed-off-by: is absent, but that is tolerable
> because we have yours.
>
> The (absent) changelog fails to explain what effect this patch has.
> _why_ does this driver need this quirk?
>
> As it stands, there is insufficient information here for making
> 2.6.28-vs-2.6.29 decisions, let alone 2.6.27.x, 2.6.26.x, etc.
>

Is this better (aside from being an attachment) ?

rtg
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx