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Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 18:57:30 -0700 From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>, Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>, Domenico Andreoli <cavokz@...il.com>, IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>, Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>, matthieu.castet@...rot.com, Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>, stable@...nel.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk Subject: Re: [stable] [patch 10/50] libata: force hardreset if link is in powersave mode On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 06:27:15PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Fri, 6 Jun 2008, Chris Wright wrote: > > > > -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. > > --------------------- > > > > From: Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com> > > > > Inhibiting link PM mode doesn't bring the link back online if it's > > already in powersave mode. If SRST is used in these cases, libata EH > > thinks that the link is offline and fails detection. Force hardreset > > if link is in powersave mode. > > This isn't upstream. Maybe there's some reason it's not needed upstream, > but it would be nice to know. To quote Tejun when he sent this patch: --- Patch for -stable only. Devel branch now uses hardreset by default so this type of promotion logic isn't necessary anymore. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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