Re: FW: 2.6.24 breaks BIOS updates on all Dell machines

2008-02-04 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 11:15:22PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote: > >So, I'm all for reverting this patch. > > > >And then, feel free to revisit the problem by proposing something that > >doesn't break existing users of the interface. > > I'm a bit confused. It seems to me that the "class devices"

Re: FW: 2.6.24 breaks BIOS updates on all Dell machines

2008-02-04 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 11:15:22PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote: So, I'm all for reverting this patch. And then, feel free to revisit the problem by proposing something that doesn't break existing users of the interface. I'm a bit confused. It seems to me that the class devices are named

Re: FW: 2.6.24 breaks BIOS updates on all Dell machines

2008-01-29 Thread Jean Delvare
Hi Greg, Le 29/1/2008, "Greg KH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit: >On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 03:59:44PM +0100, Markus Rechberger wrote: >>> -Original Message- >>> (...) >>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 12:32:44AM -0600, Michael E Brown wrote: >>> BIOS updates are broken on all Dell systems

Re: FW: 2.6.24 breaks BIOS updates on all Dell machines

2008-01-29 Thread Sytse Wielinga
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 03:59:44PM +0100, Markus Rechberger wrote: (quote reformatted) > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 10:44:15PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 12:32:44AM -0600, Michael E Brown wrote: > > > BIOS updates are broken on all Dell systems due to Commit > > >

Re: FW: 2.6.24 breaks BIOS updates on all Dell machines

2008-01-29 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 03:59:44PM +0100, Markus Rechberger wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: Greg KH [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 >> 12:44 AM >> To: Brown, Michael E >> Cc: Jos?? Luis Tall??n; Warzecha, Douglas; Salunke, Abhay; >>

Re: FW: 2.6.24 breaks BIOS updates on all Dell machines

2008-01-29 Thread Markus Rechberger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Markus, I see you were accidentally left off the cc: list on this bug. The change was yours, so I suspect you'll have an opinion to share with LKML. Thanks, Matt -- Matt Domsch Linux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux

Re: FW: 2.6.24 breaks BIOS updates on all Dell machines

2008-01-29 Thread Markus Rechberger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Markus, I see you were accidentally left off the cc: list on this bug. The change was yours, so I suspect you'll have an opinion to share with LKML. Thanks, Matt -- Matt Domsch Linux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO linux.dell.com www.dell.com/linux

Re: FW: 2.6.24 breaks BIOS updates on all Dell machines

2008-01-29 Thread Sytse Wielinga
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 03:59:44PM +0100, Markus Rechberger wrote: (quote reformatted) On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 10:44:15PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 12:32:44AM -0600, Michael E Brown wrote: BIOS updates are broken on all Dell systems due to Commit

Re: FW: 2.6.24 breaks BIOS updates on all Dell machines

2008-01-29 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 03:59:44PM +0100, Markus Rechberger wrote: -Original Message- From: Greg KH [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:44 AM To: Brown, Michael E Cc: Jos?? Luis Tall??n; Warzecha, Douglas; Salunke, Abhay; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;

Re: FW: 2.6.24 breaks BIOS updates on all Dell machines

2008-01-29 Thread Jean Delvare
Hi Greg, Le 29/1/2008, Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 03:59:44PM +0100, Markus Rechberger wrote: -Original Message- (...) On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 12:32:44AM -0600, Michael E Brown wrote: BIOS updates are broken on all Dell systems due to Commit