linux-kernel - Re: 2.4.x libata resync

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Date:	Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:51:41 +0200
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>, Tom Mortensen <tmmlkml@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.x libata resync

On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 11:49:06AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Willy Tarreau wrote:
> >There are a bunch of small patches in the early 2.6 version which look
> >like bugfixes, but with non-descriptive comments, so I'm not sure what
> >they fix. Several of them would apply to 2.4, but I don't want to touch
> >this area as long as nobody complains about problems.
> 
> Oh there are tons of SATA bug fixes that 2.4.x is missing.  One of the 
> biggest is the completely crappy exception handling.  If a SATA device 
> is unplugged or spazzes out, the system may or may not recover.

Already encountered on sata_nv in a sun x2100 :-)

Jeff, I did not want to blindly merge patches from 2.6 to 2.4, but if
you point me to a few ones you consider important, I'm willing to merge
them.

Regards,
Willy

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