linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [Stable-review] [39/45] OHCI: work around for nVidia shutdown problem

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Date:	Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:40:17 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, stable@...nel.org,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Larry.Finger@...inger.net
Subject: Re: [stable] [Stable-review] [39/45] OHCI: work around for nVidia
 shutdown problem

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:51:59AM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2010, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 11:51:39AM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> > > On Sat, 20 Nov 2010, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> ...
> > > > This last bit seems like a major change in behaviour, and this commit
> > > > has only just gone into the 2.6.37 cycle.  How thoroughly has this been
> > > > tested on other OHCI controllers?  Wouldn't it make more sense to use
> > > > the same quirk condition?
> > > 
> > > Ben is right; let's hold off on putting this patch into any of the 
> > > stable kernels.  There has been a bug report submitted against it, 
> > > Bugzilla #22562.
> > 
> > Good point, I'll go drop it.
> > 
> > Alan, when it all gets worked out, care to resend it to
> > stable@...nel.org?
> 
> Okay, I'm resending it now that 2.6.37 has been out for a couple of
> weeks.  The Bugzilla report has been resolved; apparently the problem
> was a hardware issue in one particular computer and not a fault of the
> patch.  Go ahead and add this to the stable kernels.

Ok, now added to the .32 stable queue.

thanks,

greg k-h
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