linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/2] Staging: hv: Applied all the patches already in the staging queue

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Date:	Thu, 9 Feb 2012 15:31:50 +0000
From:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"virtualization@...ts.osdl.org" <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	"ohering@...e.com" <ohering@...e.com>,
	"hch@...radead.org" <hch@...radead.org>,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] Staging: hv: Applied all the patches already in the
 staging queue



> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Bottomley [mailto:James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:51 PM
> To: Greg KH
> Cc: KY Srinivasan; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; devel@...uxdriverproject.org;
> virtualization@...ts.osdl.org; ohering@...e.com; hch@...radead.org; linux-
> scsi@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Staging: hv: Applied all the patches already in the staging
> queue
> 
> > Yes, I have pending patches for this driver in my "to-apply" queue, but
> > that is for 3.4, not now.
> >
> > So, how about I just apply those patches, and then apply a patch that
> > moves it out of staging into drivers/scsi/, and queue all of those up
> > for 3.4.
> >
> > James, any objection to that?
> 
> Well, we were going to try to stage this driver for 3.3-rc.  If everyone
> agrees to push it back to 3.4, then this works for me.

Greg,

Now that you have applied all the pending patches for the Hyper-V storage
driver; do you want me to resend the patch that moved this driver out of staging?

Regards,

K. Y