Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933748Ab2FBBWz (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2012 21:22:55 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:45173 "EHLO mail-pb0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933317Ab2FBBWy (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2012 21:22:54 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 18:22:49 -0700 From: Greg KH To: KY Srinivasan Cc: Victor Miasnikov , "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 ... Message-ID: <20120602012249.GA7783@kroah.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> <426367E2313C2449837CD2DE46E7EAF90710C295@SN2PRD0310MB382.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <426367E2313C2449837CD2DE46E7EAF90710C295@SN2PRD0310MB382.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2198 Lines: 52 On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 07:23:00PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > > > -----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. Lots of things would be "nice", but as this doesn't meet the stable_kernel_rules.txt rules, sorry, I can't take them. greg k-h -- 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/