Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:54:14 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: pull request: wireless-2.6 2010-12-15 | From | David Miller <> |
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From: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:56:42 -0500
> This is a batch of fixes intended for 2.6.37. > > The biggest changes fix an issue where the iwlagn driver will misread > the EEPROM information for some devices that will soon be in the wild. > The initial impulse was to rewrite the EEPROM code, but I pushed back on > that for 2.6.37. The compromise is to add the new EEPROM reading code, > but only to invoke it for the new devices. Older devices will still use > the existing (and tested) EEPROM code. Note that all devices will use > the new code in 2.6.38 and beyond. > > This also includes a pull of bluetooth fixes from Gustavo Padovan. That > includes a null pointer fix and a fix for a regression that broke the > DUN profile -- say goodbye to your emergency cell-phone Internet > connection without that! > > Other patches include some device ID additions for p54usb, a fix to > avoid log spam resulting from suspend/resume with USB-based wireless > devices that don't define their own suspend hook, a null ptr fix for the > libertas driver, and another null pointer fix related to IBSS merges. > > Please let me know if there are problems!
Looks good, pulled, thanks John.
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