From linux-scsi Mon Apr 02 18:39:39 2012 From: Holger Macht Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:39:39 +0000 To: linux-scsi Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 0/7] acpi/libata: Express dependencies for devices on dock stations and bays Message-Id: <4F79F26B.5070307 () homac ! de> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=133339206917474 On 02.04.2012 19:40, Jeff Garzik wrote: > On 04/02/2012 12:43 PM, Holger Macht wrote: >> On 02.04.2012 17:45, Jeff Garzik wrote: >>> On 04/02/2012 05:22 AM, Holger Macht wrote: >>>> On 27.03.2012 10:11, Lin Ming wrote: >>>>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Jeff Garzik wrote: >>>>>> On 02/09/2012 02:33 AM, Holger Macht wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Do 09. Feb - 14:46:11, Lin Ming wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Holger Macht >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Patches 2 through 5 are just a refresh of the patches from Matthew >>>>>>>>> Garrett sent to this list in September 2010 [1]: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Patch 1 is a new patch incorporating the corrections from James >>>>>>>>> Bottomley. Patch 6, 7 and 8 make the whole patch set actually work >>>>>>>>> on my >>>>>>>>> test hardware (Thinkpad x60/Thinkpad T60) by fixing minor issues >>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>> compensating changes after the first submission. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> All patches now contain the correct Signed-off-by instead of >>>>>>>>> Acked-by >>>>>>>>> tags. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> [PATCH 1/8] scsi: Add wrapper to access and set scsi_bus_type in >>>>>>>>> struct >>>>>>>>> acpi_bus_type >>>>>>>>> [PATCH 2/8] libata: Bind the Linux device tree to the ACPI device >>>>>>>>> tree >>>>>>>>> [PATCH 3/8] libata: Migrate ACPI code over to new bindings >>>>>>>>> [PATCH 4/8] acpi: Add support for linking docks to the objects they >>>>>>>>> contain >>>>>>>>> [PATCH 5/8] libata: Add links between removable devices and docks >>>>>>>>> [PATCH 6/8] libata: Generate and pass correct acpi handles >>>>>>>>> [PATCH 7/8] acpi: Prevent duplicate hotplug device registration on >>>>>>>>> dock >>>>>>>>> stations >>>>>>>>> [PATCH 8/8] libata: Use correct PCI devices >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Holger, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> What's the status of these patches? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> They've been ACKed by both ACPI (Len Brown) and libata (James >>>>>>> Bottomley) >>>>>>> people, so I guess they are good to go and I'm waiting for someone >>>>>>> (Jeff >>>>>>> Garzik?) to pick them up. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I ACK'd for libata. It's queued in libata-dev... but looks like >>>>>> that did >>>>>> not get pushed out. Should show up in the next linux-next. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jeff >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I didn't find these patches in libata-dev tree. >>>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git >>>> >>>> They've been there, also in linux-next. But now I'm not able to find a >>>> trace of them. Maybe the two fixes from the thread labeled "linux-next: >>>> dock_link_device is oopsy" on linux-kernel@ didn't find their way into >>>> the trees and so the patches were removed. Just guessing... >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Holger >>>> >>>>> Are they removed for some reason? >>> >>> They were removed because people had problems with them, and the patch >>> authors did not engage and fix the problem(s). Matthew Garrett spoke up >>> and said he didn't have time to investigate, so the patches were dropped. >> >> Do you have a pointer for the problems? > > You were CC'd... Ok, found them. However, wouldn't have made a difference because the solution doesn't seem to be easy. And I currently also don't have the time to do massive investigations. What a pity, but maybe a future time... Thanks, Holger -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html