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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:57:07 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.10-rc1-bk8: hotplug breakage
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On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 09:46:47PM +0200, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> this patch:
> 
> http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/lib/kobject_uevent.c@1.10
> 
> broke hotplug (the firmware loader in my case),
> because the SEQNUM env var will now overwrite an
> env var added by hotplug_ops->hotplug() (e.g. FIRMWARE).

Known bug, see the thread "[Patch] 2.6.10.rc1.bk6 /lib/kobject_uevent.c
buffer issues" for more details and a fix for it.

thanks,

greg k-h