Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965711Ab2FATXg (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2012 15:23:36 -0400 Received: from db3ehsobe002.messaging.microsoft.com ([213.199.154.140]:48883 "EHLO db3outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753265Ab2FATXb convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2012 15:23:31 -0400 X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: CIP:131.107.125.8;KIP:(null);UIP:(null);IPV:NLI;H:TK5EX14HUBC106.redmond.corp.microsoft.com;RD:none;EFVD:NLI X-SpamScore: -15 X-BigFish: VS-15(zz9371I542M1432N98dKzz1202hzzz2fh2a8h683h839h944hd25hf0ah) X-Forefront-Antispam-Report-Untrusted: CIP:157.56.234.5;KIP:(null);UIP:(null);(null);H:SN2PRD0310HT005.namprd03.prod.outlook.com;R:internal;EFV:INT From: KY Srinivasan To: Greg KH , Victor Miasnikov CC: "stable@vger.kernel.org" , Jonathan Nieder , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: RE: Linux on Hyper-V 1) cd006086fa5d ata_piix: defer disks to the Hyper-V drivers by default 2) db63a4c8115a libata: add a host flag to ignore detected ATA device FW: use hv_storvsc instead of ata_piix to handle the IDE disks devices ( but not for the ... Thread-Topic: Linux on Hyper-V 1) cd006086fa5d ata_piix: defer disks to the Hyper-V drivers by default 2) db63a4c8115a libata: add a host flag to ignore detected ATA device FW: use hv_storvsc instead of ata_piix to handle the IDE disks devices ( but not for the ... Thread-Index: AQHNQA/ykGE+y/YEIE6E+ePj3G2bhJblpN/xgAABmYCAAC978A== Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 19:23:00 +0000 Message-ID: <426367E2313C2449837CD2DE46E7EAF90710C295@SN2PRD0310MB382.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> References: <20120527010903.GA18244@kroah.com> <20120528203518.GA12623@kroah.com> <5EBD7E368EFE4B5CABF4AC528058A4DB@local.st.by> <20120601092017.GE22821@kroah.com> <59CBCFF13ABD41B682835DD5E4851BC1@local.st.by> <20120601162629.GA11812@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20120601162629.GA11812@kroah.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [131.107.174.42] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OrganizationHeadersPreserved: SN2PRD0310HT005.namprd03.prod.outlook.com X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%0$Dn%*$RO%0$TLS%0$FQDN%$TlsDn% X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%59$Dn%LINUXFOUNDATION.ORG$RO%2$TLS%6$FQDN%131.107.125.5$TlsDn% X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%59$Dn%TUT.BY$RO%2$TLS%6$FQDN%131.107.125.5$TlsDn% X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%59$Dn%VGER.KERNEL.ORG$RO%2$TLS%6$FQDN%131.107.125.5$TlsDn% X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%59$Dn%GMAIL.COM$RO%2$TLS%6$FQDN%131.107.125.5$TlsDn% X-CrossPremisesHeadersPromoted: TK5EX14HUBC106.redmond.corp.microsoft.com X-CrossPremisesHeadersFiltered: TK5EX14HUBC106.redmond.corp.microsoft.com X-OriginatorOrg: microsoft.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1943 Lines: 53 > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org] > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 12:26 PM > To: Victor Miasnikov > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org; Jonathan Nieder; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; KY > Srinivasan > Subject: Re: Linux on Hyper-V 1) cd006086fa5d ata_piix: defer disks to the Hyper- > V drivers by default 2) db63a4c8115a libata: add a host flag to ignore detected > ATA device FW: use hv_storvsc instead of ata_piix to handle the IDE disks devices > ( but not for the ... > > On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 07:17:33PM +0300, Victor Miasnikov wrote: > > Hi! > > > > >> cd006086fa5d ata_piix: defer disks to the Hyper-V drivers by default > > >>and its prerequisite > > >> db63a4c8115a libata: add a host flag to ignore detected ATA devices > > > > >Sorry, but I don't see how this meets the rules for the stable trees, do you? If > so, please show me how. > > > > About "how" -- ask K.Y. Srinivasan > > > > Hyper-V admins need _worked_ Linux v3.4.X / v3.3.X / v3.2.X > > > > Please, _fix_ errors related "use hv_storvsc instead of ata_piix to > > handle the IDE disks devices ( but not for the CD-ROM)" > > Ok, I'll wait for KY to explain this. Greg, Clearly I cannot tell you anything about this that you don't know! Looking at the rules for stable tree patches, this patch does not satisfy the requirement that the patch fix a bug since we are changing the behavior here of the ata driver to accommodate Hyper-V. I don't know how much flexibility you have here for taking patches that improve the general usability of Linux in different environments. All I can say is that It will be nice to have this patch in previous stable releases. Regards, K. Y -- 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/