linux-kernel - Re: [Stable-review] [stable] [patch 00/48] 2.6.27.32-stable review

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Message-ID: <4AB33099.6070607@canonical.com>
Date:	Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:02:49 +0200
From:	Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@...onical.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	stable-review@...nel.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Stable-review] [stable] [patch 00/48] 2.6.27.32-stable review

Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 12:22:22AM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote:
>> [On holiday, answering from my nominally internet capable cellphone - please make allowances ...]
>>
>> The stable patch claiming to correspond to Linus' tree patch
>> 56f7efe48d57dda9e59e23ab161c118271cce815 and merged in 2.6.27.sth
>> (eyact version not at hand) and 2.6.28.10 differs from the backported
>> patch I submitted for stable myself. It breaks the driver completely,
>> causing an oops and system malfunctions as soon as the device is
>> connected. (Sorry for not noticing the vital difference at the time.)
> 
> No problem.
> 
>> The attached patch would fix the error by moving the code inswrted at
>> the wrong place by the broken backported patch,, to the correct place
>> where it went in the original patch. 
> 
> I see no patch attached here :(
> 
>> Alternativelyy, the broken backported could be reverted and my
>> original bacport merged instead, if you can still find it.
> 
> I can not.
> 
>> Sorry for lack of references as i don't have acces to my development
>> machine from here. Hope to have Cleared up the situation, anyway.
> 
> Can you send me what you need applied to the latest 2.6.27-stable tree
> to fix this up so we can finally resolve this?
> 

I believe it was applicable to 2.6.27.y without problems. This is the patch I 
sent to Tilman and stable. (Sorry, I am currently at the airport and do not 
have 2.6.27.y with me)

-Stefan

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 
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