Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:16:14 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/7] nsc-ircc: Default to dongle type 9 on IBM hardware |
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:44:39 +0100 Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> 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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