linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.27.16

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Message-ID: <20090213032958.GA4474@suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:29:58 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	David Engel <david@...wok.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.27.16

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 09:25:50PM -0600, David Engel wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 05:29:55PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 05:14:04PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 05:08:27PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > > It seems that dev->platform_data is NULL on my system.
> > > > 
> > > > Not good, let me dig to see if I missed a patch...
> > > 
> > > Ok, I did.
> > > 
> > > If you apply the patch below, does the oops go away?
> 
> 3 or 4 chunks failed to apply and the ones that did apply were offset
> by several lines.  If you'd like, I can try to apply it by hand and
> test it tomorrow.

No, I thought better of it after looking at the code :)

> > > But that's not really a "stable" fix, so I guess I'll just go revert the
> > > problem patch.  Let me go make that fix...
> > 
> > Ok, I reverted the problem patch and released 2.6.27.17.  Please let me
> > know if you still have a problem with that kernel release.
> 
> I'm building 2.6.27.17 now, but I expect it to work since reverting
> that one patch is all I did to get 2.6.27.16 working for me.

Yeah, that's what I'm more concerned about.

thanks,

greg k-h
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