[OE-core] EXT: Re: [PATCH] libinput: remove obsolete touchpad patch

[Martin Jansa]

Does the patch cause any harm when used on newer kernel?

If so shouldn't the patch be fixed to work correctly even with newer kernel?

Or what's the main reason to remove it?

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 8:55 PM, Mark Hatle <mark.hatle at windriver.com>
wrote:

> On 8/25/17 1:48 PM, Andre McCurdy wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 12:09 AM, Jose Alarcon <jose.alarcon at ge.com>
> wrote:
> >> On 24.08.2017 20:45, Andre McCurdy wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 10:37 PM, Jose Alarcon <jose.alarcon at ge.com>
> wrote:
> >>>> This patch was a temporal workaround needed with 4.1 kernels.
> >>>> Remove it.
> >>> OLDEST_KERNEL is still set to 3.2.0
> >>>
> >>> How can you be sure nobody is using 4.1 ?
> >>
> >> That's a good point!
> >>
> >> I didn't know about this variable. I believe we should not integrate
> >> this change.
> >> I will resend it once OLDEST_KERNEL is set to 4.2 or bigger.
> >
> > The original patch has been merged to master so a second patch will be
> > needed to revert it.
> >
>
> It may make sense to selectively apply the patch based on what
> OLDEST_KERNEL is
> set to.
>
> This way if a user or distribution sets a newer 'OLDEST_KERNEL', that item
> can
> be removed automatically.
>
> --Mark
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