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

[Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/