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Message-Id: <20081028130504.fea9708c.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date:	Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:05:04 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, linux-stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>,
	Stanislav Brabec <utx@...guin.cz>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, rpurdie@...ys.net,
	lenz@...wisc.edu, Dirk@...er-online.de, arminlitzel@....de,
	pavel.urban@...cz, metan@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
	thommycheck@...il.com, milan@....cz
Subject: Re: [Patch 2.6.27] fix booting on Sharp Zaurus c3000

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:24:25 +0100 Pavel Machek wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> > > > > > Thanks for the effort, but it looks like it did not make it, right?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Correct - Linus was unpredictable and released 2.6.27 that evening,
> > > > > four days early giving me no time to push the fix to him.
> > > > > 
> > > > > However, it's gone in as part of the first ARM merge, so should be in
> > > > > -rc1.
> > > > 
> > > > Is it in -stable?  if not, is it considered as -stable material?
> > > 
> > > Yes, I guess it should go to stable.
> > > 
> > > commit 69fc7eed5f56bce15b239e5110de2575a6970df4
> > > Author: Dmitry Baryshkov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>
> > > Date:   Thu Oct 9 16:58:13 2008 +0100
> > > 
> > >     [ARM] 5300/1: fixup spitz reset during boot
> > >     
> > >     Some machines don't have the pullup/down on their reset
> > >     pin, so configuring the reset generating pin as input makes
> > >     them reset immediately. Fix that by making reset pin direction
> > >     configurable.
> > >     
> > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
> > > Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/reset.h b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/reset.h
> > > index 9489a48..7b8842c 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/reset.h
> > > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/reset.h
> > > @@ -10,9 +10,12 @@
> > >  extern unsigned int reset_status;
> > >  extern void clear_reset_status(unsigned int mask);
> > >  
> > > -/*
> > > - * register GPIO as reset generator
> > > +/**
> > > + * init_gpio_reset() - register GPIO as reset generator
> > > + *
> > > + * @gpio - gpio nr
> > > + * @output - set gpio as out/low instead of input during normal work
> > 
> > Use colon (':') after function parameters, not hyphen/dash.
> 
> Okay, sorry about that. If I promise to fix that in mainline, will you
> let me apply the -stable patch?

Sure, but it's really up to GregKH and cdub.

> ...I believe this one should go in. Documentation problem is not that
> bad, and it fixes booting. 
> 
> Alternatively, I can submit fixed patch, but it will be in trivial way
> different from what is currently in mainline... which is okay for this
> I guess.
> 
> Greg, will you take the patch as-is, or can you simply replace - with
> : or do you want me to submit new one?
> 									Pavel

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