linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] S390 : Set SLI on PSF/PRSSD on Dasd ECKD initialisation

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Message-Id: <200808181956.50108.elendil@planet.nl>
Date:	Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:56:49 +0200
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	Stefan Weinhuber <wein@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Ivan Warren <ivan@...acility.fr>, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
	linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] S390 : Set SLI on PSF/PRSSD on Dasd ECKD initialisation

On Monday 18 August 2008, Ivan Warren wrote:
> > The following patch works fine on current hardware. Can you please
> > verify that it indeed fixes your problem as well?
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Weinhuber <wein@...ibm.com>

[...]

> Sorry for taking such a long time to respond..
>
> I like the patch. You are right, it's probably better to set the right
> length then hide it ! My initial rationale to SLI instead of altering
> the length was that I couldn't know if there was any obscure reason for
> setting the length to 16 instead of 12 (I thought it could have been
> related to DS8K PAV/HyperPAV support)..
>
> I also tried it on my rig, and it does seem to take care of the problem
>
>     Reviewed-by: Ivan Warren <ivan@...acility.fr>
>     Tested-by: Ivan Warren <ivan@...acility.fr>

Could this patch please also be pushed for the next stable update (2.6.26 
and maybe even 2.6.25) by adding:
      CC: stable <stable@...nel.org>
?

TIA,
FJP
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