From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752531Ab1IPKJh (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:09:37 -0400 Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.195]:40623 "EHLO relay3-d.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750828Ab1IPKJf (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:09:35 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 217.70.178.131 X-Originating-IP: 147.83.37.68 From: "Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda" To: Jonathan Nieder Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] parport_pc: remove ancient, overeager quirk that disables EPP support on many chipsets Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:09:28 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.32-5-amd64; KDE/4.4.5; x86_64; ; ) Cc: Adam Baker , Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-parport@lists.infradead.org, Nicos Gollan , Alan Cox , Alexander Gordeev References: <201109151441.15015.leo@alaxarxa.net> <201109152123.07678.linux@baker-net.org.uk> <20110915203530.GA31345@elie> In-Reply-To: <20110915203530.GA31345@elie> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201109161209.29187.leo@alaxarxa.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org A Dijous, 15 de setembre de 2011, Jonathan Nieder va escriure: > Adam Baker wrote: > > > The code has sat around for a long time because when I first posted the patch > > I got no feedback to indicate if anyone else was suffering from the bug and if > > anyone else had hardware that exhibited the bug it was supposed to fix so I > > didn't want to pursue submitting it. Over the years I have seen occasional > > reports of users suffering from the problem but I no longer have any EPP > > hardware to test it on. > > > > That's why I posted the mail that said if someone else can verify the patch is > > still useful I'm happy for it to be submitted with my signed off by on it > > Makes sense. Thanks for explaining and thanks for your work, Adam. > Actually I think 3 years before a patch gets the attention it deserves > is not so bad --- it was mostly that the problem has been known since > 1999 that bothered me. :) > Well, seems that the questions be clarified. I would like to point some details. First of all I would like to say that I didn't make this patch. It was done by Adam Baker, as I have posted in all the mails with the link to the original post. I put a bug report the the debian bug tracking system [1] with a copy to the linux-parport list. The debian guys ( Jonathan Nieder) proposed me to send this patch directly to the linux kernel system. I have send this patch as I could, maybe I didn't pay so attention as I must. I send the patch because Adam Baker said: As the parport driver is currently orphaned you need to post a patch to the LKML if you want to get it included in mainline but if your prepared to do some testing that would be the best solution for everyone. I submitted the patch because it seemed impolite to ask Adam Baker that he did it. In the end it was I who had interest in it to be included in the kernel tree. And as I was who had to answer the mails of the kernel list and make the whole procedure of the kernel patches, so I signed it. To me is perfect that this patch goes to the kernel and I could answer any question of it, or make any test. I have several Dell boxes and a PCI with an extra parport. Best regards, Leo [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=630593 -- -- Linux User 152692 Catalonia