linux-kernel - Re: [ 35/83] ARM: imx: ehci: fix host power mask bit

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Message-ID: <66B0C9D116EC402CAFB33B13AEC1F251@Chronos>
Date:	Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:17:28 -0500
From:	"Michael D. Burkey" <mdburkey@...il.com>
To:	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	<alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"Christoph Fritz" <chf.fritz@...glemail.com>,
	Eric Bénard <eric@...rea.com>,
	"Sascha Hauer" <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [ 35/83] ARM: imx: ehci: fix host power mask bit

It is a needed fix -- but there are other fixes that probably need to go 
along with it.
I'm still trying to figure out exactly what all needs to change alongside 
it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: "Michael D. Burkey" <mdburkey@...il.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>; <stable@...r.kernel.org>; 
<alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>; "Christoph Fritz" <chf.fritz@...glemail.com>; 
"Eric Bénard" <eric@...rea.com>; "Sascha Hauer" <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [ 35/83] ARM: imx: ehci: fix host power mask bit


> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 11:52:25PM -0500, Michael D. Burkey wrote:
>> This patch is definitely needed -- it is obviously setting the wrong
>> bit --  but I am still doing testing to see what other complications
>> may arise from actually setting the RIGHT bit (i.e. I've seen some
>> odd results so far and suspect some other code may have been changed
>> historically to account for the wrong behaviour this bit was
>> causing).
>>
>> We're currently on vacation for Thanksgiving over here in the USA
>> and I won't be back in the office til next week.
>>
>> If you would, hold off on adding the patch to the stable kernel
>> until I have a bit more time to check out a couple of things.
>
> As it's already in Linus's tree, one would have hoped that the patch
> would have been tested already :)
>
> I'll leave it in the stable tree, if it's a problem, please get the fix
> into Linus's tree, and then have that fix submitted to the stable kernel
> trees.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h 

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