linux-kernel - Re: Inclusion of vmware mptbase regression fix

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707312054250.22515@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:55:05 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Maarten Bressers <info@...essers.speedlinq.nl>
cc:	petr@...drovec.name, dsd@...too.org, mpt_linux_developer@....com,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Inclusion of vmware mptbase regression fix


On Jul 31 2007 20:24, Maarten Bressers wrote:
>Hi Petr,
>
>The patch you posted for the MPT Fusion driver regression with VMware 
>5.5.4 (http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/3/23/345) was used to fix a Gentoo 
>kernel bug (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185272).
>
>Have you received word from upstream (kernel devs) yet as to whether 
>your patch will be included? Or if it will be included at all?

Since it is a problem not specific to the kernel,
no 'fix' or workaround is going to be included.


	Jan
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