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DateTue, 30 Jan 2007 09:12:13 -0500
FromJeff Garzik <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] pata_platform: fallout from set_mode() change
Paul Mundt wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 08:36:28AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> Al Viro wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
>> This is already in the queue via Andrew, who caught the same problem.
>>
>> Sometimes it seems like you and Andrew are the only people to build on
>> non-x86 these days...
>>
> This is the first I've heard of this or the changes that caused this,
> while I do build current git on a pretty much daily basis, -mm doesn't
> get nearly as much testing.
>
> There are many people who build on non-x86 every day, there are rather
> less people who have the bandwidth for -mm as well as current git or
> for tracking down changes that haven't made it upstream to make sure
> everything plays nice.
>
> If you want immediate action, I suggest you CC the authors of the drivers
> when there's changes they should be made aware of, rather than deferring
> to hand-waving generalizations about how no one does any testing after
> the fact.

The change in question is in the current -git. But my comment was
largely self-critical, since /I/ applied the patch in question that
broke on non-x86.

Jeff



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