Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Jun 2012 18:22:49 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | 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 .. |
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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
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