linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware/efi: export a routine to retrieve efi-variables by GUID

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Date:	Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:22:46 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:	Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	jacek.danecki@...el.com, ed.ciechanowski@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dmilburn@...hat.com,
	edmund.nadolski@...el.com, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware/efi: export a routine to retrieve efi-variables
 by GUID

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 04:10:10PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> > I needed all patches in linux-next _before_ the merge window opened to
> > be able to accept it.
> 
> Yes, I know, and as dmaengine maintainer I also hate being ambushed by
> last minute patches, but now I am unfortunately one of those annoying
> people on the other side of the coin.

Then you should know better than to try to go around the well-known
rules :)

> The review has been intermittent until very recently.  Given that
> fact, James was understandably not ready to take it into
> drivers/scsi/.  So the thought was to leave time for the review to pan
> out and then attempt a post -rc1 merge through scsi or staging.

There are no "post -rc1" merges for staging, it follows the same rules
as the rest of the kernel.  Which means that you will have to wait for
.40 before it can be merged, sorry.

> > So, sorry, it will have to wait until .40.
> > Please send me the isci driver and I will be glad to queue it up for
> > staging for that kernel.
> 
> We will submit a revised driver in the next few weeks.

Fine, I'll queue it up for .40 then.

greg k-h
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