linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [109/136] USB: xhci: Make TRB completion code comparison readable.

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Message-ID: <4AC636F7.2000506@csr.com>
Date:	Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:23:03 +0100
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@....com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>,
	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] [109/136] USB: xhci: Make TRB completion code comparison
 readable.

Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 05:38:36PM +0100, David Vrabel wrote:
>> Greg KH wrote:
>>> 2.6.31-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
>>>
>>> ------------------
>>> From: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>
>>>
>>> commit 66d1eebce5cca916e0b08d961690bb01c64751ef upstream.
>>>
>>> Use trb_comp_code instead of getting the completion code from the transfer
>>> event every time.
>> Are all these xhci patches really candidates for the stable tree?  XHCI
>> support is marked as EXPERIMENTAL, the xhci standard is still at the
>> draft stage, and I don't believe there are any xhci products available
>> on the market yet.
> 
> Did you read the 000/136 message where I explained why I was accepting
> all of these xhci patches into the -stable tree?

I have now, sorry.  It just seemed odd that XHCI patches where added to
stable releases whilst essential WHCI patches don't even make it into
the current rc tree.

David
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