Re: Dell Wireless 365 requires reset quirk

From: Mario Limonciello
Date: Tue Nov 11 2008 - 18:41:33 EST


Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 09:24:48 -0700 (MST)
> timg@xxxxxxx (Tim Gardner) wrote:
>
>
>
> I shall assume that this patch was authored by Mario. This should have
> been communicated by adding his From: line right at the top of the
> changelog. Mario's signed-off-by: is absent, but that is tolerable
> because we have yours.
>
> The (absent) changelog fails to explain what effect this patch has.
> _why_ does this driver need this quirk?
>
> As it stands, there is insufficient information here for making
> 2.6.28-vs-2.6.29 decisions, let alone 2.6.27.x, 2.6.26.x, etc.
>
Hi Andrew:

This patch causes the BT365 to be reset when the driver is loaded.
Without it, you won't be able to connect to other devices or scan for
devices.

Regards

--
Mario Limonciello
*Dell | Linux Engineering*
mario_limonciello@xxxxxxxx

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature