linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [patch 20/23] ACPI: dock: avoid check

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Date:	Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:59:26 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org, Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Domenico Andreoli <cavokz@...il.com>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Rodrigo Rubira Branco <rbranco@...checkpoint.com>,
	Jake Edge <jake@....net>, Eugene Teo <eteo@...hat.com>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [stable] [patch 20/23] ACPI: dock: avoid check _STA method

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:36:02AM +0100, Holger Macht wrote:
> On Thu 13. Nov - 13:23:05, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 01:16:07PM +0100, Holger Macht wrote:
> > > On Fri 07. Nov - 15:16:06, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > 2.6.26-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> > > 
> > > Objecting. This will only work in conjunction with
> > > 
> > >   commit 39a0ad871000d2a016a4fa113a6e53d22aabf25d
> > >   Author: Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@...el.com>
> > >   Date:   Mon Aug 11 13:40:22 2008 +0800
> > > 
> > >       ACPI : Load device driver according to the status of acpi device
> > > 
> > > Otherwise a device struct already exists although the device is not
> > > present.
> > 
> > So do you feel we should also add this patch to the 2.6.27-stable tree
> > to solve this issue?
> 
> Yes, I think so.

Ok, thanks, I've queued it up now.

greg k-h
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