From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 06:24:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2.6] restore correct vaio handling in eeprom driver
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On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 08:53:46PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Here is a patch to the eeprom driver in 2.6.1 that changes the way Vaio
> eeproms are handled. In 2.6.1, the eeprom is readable only by root,
> which isn't consistent with the 2.4 driver which simple hides (i.e.
> fills it with zeroes) the first row (16 bytes) of the eeprom to regular
> users.
> 
> The patch restores a similar behaviour in the 2.6 driver. Greg, feel
> free to apply it if you like it.

Applied, thanks.

greg k-h