Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932823AbXAAUuF (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Jan 2007 15:50:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932825AbXAAUuE (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Jan 2007 15:50:04 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:40943 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932823AbXAAUuD (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Jan 2007 15:50:03 -0500 Message-ID: <459973F6.2090201@pobox.com> Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 15:49:58 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061219) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds CC: Alessandro Suardi , Linux Kernel Mailing List , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Subject: Re: Happy New Year (and v2.6.20-rc3 released) References: <5a4c581d0701010528y3ba05247nc39f2ef096f84afa@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.7 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2097 Lines: 53 Linus Torvalds wrote: > Jeff, > what was the resolution to this one? Just revert the offending commit, or > what? > > We're about five weeks into the 2.6.20-rc series. I was hoping for a > two-month release rather than the usual dragged-out three months, so I'd > like to get these regressions to be actively fixed. By forcible reverts if > that is what it takes. Data points: * I was unable to argue against Alan's logic behind 368c73d4f689dae0807d0a2aa74c61fd2b9b075f but I just don't like it. Regardless of whether or not this truly reflects how the PCI device is wired, it makes pci_request_regions() and similar resource handling code behave differently. * Alan's 368c73d4f689dae0807d0a2aa74c61fd2b9b075f change was IMO incomplete, because he obviously did not fix all the breakage it caused * Alan proposed a libata fix patch. I noted two key breakages in his fix patch, one of which Alan agreed was a problem. * Outside of the two bugfix pushes, I've been actively avoiding computers during the holidays. It's a shocking concept I'm trying with the new wife :) Don't expect anything useful from me until Jan 4th or so. * This affects a lot of Intel ICH platforms in legacy/combined mode, so it's definitely high on my post-holiday priority list. If the patch is not reverted, then I'll definitely fix it sooner rather than later. * For 2.6.21, I proposed to yank out all the ugly combined mode hacks (grep for '____request_resource'), which should make Alan's change a bit easier... but nonetheless stirs the IDE quirks code again. * I am lazy and would rather not touch the fragile ata_pci_init_one() code now /and/ in 2.6.21. So I vote for revert, for 2.6.20, but I know Alan will squawk loudly. Also NOTE thoughfb0f2b40faff41f03acaa2ee6e6231fc96ca497c which fixes fallout from Alan's change, too. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/