Bug#565790: [stable] [ltp] Re: Bug#565790: cat /proc/acpi/ibm/video and must press power button
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 05:29:42PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > On Tue, 09 Mar 2010, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 09:53:57PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> > > > > go reading /proc/acpi/ibm/video every day. But the curious user should
> > > > > have to resort to the power button if he steps on this landmine.
> > > >
> > > > Sure. I limited it to CAP_SYS_ADMIN now, which usually means root.
> > > >
> > > > The patch will be sent for merging, but I can't promise it will be merged
> > > > before the next merge window for 2.6.34, and only after that will it be
> > > > a cantidade for a 2.6.32.y stable.
> > > >
> > > > Patch attached for reference.
> > >
> > > Adding stable@kernel.org to CC. Please apply for 2.6.32.x :
> > > This was merged in Linus' git as b525c06cdbd8a3963f0173ccd23f9147d4c384b5
> >
> > They should already have it somewhere in their queue, since I have Cc'd them
> > in the git commit message, which I understand is automatically parsed when
> > the commit gets merged in mainline.
>
> Yes, I applied it to the .33.1 release. But it does not apply cleanly
> to the .32 kernel. If you wish to see it there, please, can someone
> provide me with a backported version?
Will do, it will be in the next batch of -stable thinkpad-acpi fixes.
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