linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/86] PATA fixes

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Message-ID: <20091203165947.13841802@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:59:47 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/86] PATA fixes

> The merge window is upon us, which by strict rules means that anything 
> not already in libata-dev.git#upstream needs to wait until 2.6.34.

Not quite yet - Linus hasn't said "go"

> However, bug fixes and the like should definitely be in 2.6.33. 
> ->init_host is definitely 2.6.34 material.  Some of the other stuff 
> could go either way.

The bits that probably should be delayed a bit more (if any) IMHO are the
32bit enables for hardware that doesn't use 32bit by default on the
drivers/ide stack, and tweaks for obscure old hardware that won't get
much testing.

The sooner it's all upstream the better.

Alan
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