From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: VT notifier fix for VT switch
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:04:30 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080223000430.074b3648.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080221202640.GA10976@implementation>
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:26:40 +0100 Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
> Notify when VT switch is complete.
>
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
>
> --- linux-2.6.24-orig/drivers/char/vt.c 2008-01-25 09:32:06.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.24-perso/drivers/char/vt.c 2008-02-21 15:51:13.000000000 +0100
> @@ -702,6 +702,7 @@
> if (is_switch) {
> set_leds();
> compute_shiftstate();
> + notify_update(vc);
> }
> }
>
The changelog is too terse, sorry. What is the reason for making this
change? What are the user-visible effects of not having this change? If
it fixes a bug, should it be backported to 2.6.24.x and earlier?
etcetera.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-23 8:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-21 20:26 Samuel Thibault
2008-02-23 8:04 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2008-02-23 13:46 ` Samuel Thibault
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