bug 748210 - a kernel oops - the patch is available - would it be possible to include it in F16?

2011-11-02 Thread little . owl
Hi all, I was looking at the bug "Kernel panic when turning off screen backlight using laptop Fn key": https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=748210 The oops is caused by the null pointer dereference in the module ideapad-laptop.c and it affects, as the name says, almost all Lenovo Ideapa

Re: Emergency F16 blocker review meeting Minutes -> Adam W.

2011-11-02 Thread little . owl
Hi Adam W., I went through the bug review meeting log [1]. I agree with the final decision which was made during the meeting (#748272); the last problem is probably specific to the EFI implementation on the netbook. However, if the reporter is described as "a bit of a pita", who needs "shephe