linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pata_isapnp: Don't use invalid I/O ports

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Date:	Mon, 23 Sep 2013 19:12:27 +0200
From:	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pata_isapnp: Don't use invalid I/O ports

On Monday 23 September 2013 15:00:42 Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 04:51:16PM +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> > >Applied to libata/for-3.13.
> >
> >    Why only 3.13? Isn't it a simple fix?
>
> Hmmm, maybe, the driver is such low impact, I don't think it matters
> either way; otherwise, it should be marked -stable too.  It's a driver
> which shouldn't be enabled by default by distros and I didn't think
> it'd be worthwhile to create any traffic for it.  That said, if
> there's a reason this matters, I'd be happy to add -stable and push it
> through ASAP.
>
> Thanks.

At least Debian ships pata_isapnp.ko. Some distros probably stopped building 
the driver because it was broken.

-- 
Ondrej Zary
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