From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750937AbWGLIJZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:09:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750930AbWGLIJZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:09:25 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:26792 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750776AbWGLIJY (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:09:24 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:08:47 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Andrew Morton Cc: Roman Zippel , roubert@df.lth.se, stern@rowland.harvard.edu, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] Re: Magic Alt-SysRq change in 2.6.18-rc1 Message-ID: <20060712080846.GA1898@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20060711124105.GA2474@elf.ucw.cz> <20060711224225.GC1732@elf.ucw.cz> <20060711165003.25265bb7.akpm@osdl.org> <20060711173735.43e9af94.akpm@osdl.org> <20060711183647.5c5c0204.akpm@osdl.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060711183647.5c5c0204.akpm@osdl.org> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > > IOW, someone needs to find a way to make the new code work like the old > > > code without re-breaking Pavel's keyboard. But the bitchin-to-patchin > > > ratio here seems to exclude that outcome. > > > > Traditionally that responsibility is in the hands of whose who break it in > > the first place > > If that person cannot reproduce the problem but another skilled kernel > developer can then it would make sense for he-who-can-reproduce-it to do > some work. > > Still, I doubt if that's the case here. > > > Is the below correct? > > Old behaviour: > > a) press alt > b) press sysrq > c) release alt > d) press T > e) release T > f) release sysrq > > New behaviour: > > a) press alt > b) press sysrq > c) release sysrq > d) press T > e) release T > f) release alt Plus there was "very old" behaviour: a) press alt b) press sysrq c) press T d) release T e) release sysrq f) release alt ...that worked along with "old" behaviour.... > If so, then the old behaviour was weird and the new behaviour is sensible. > What, actually, is the problem? I'd agree. ...and was _real_ weird. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html