Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:54:25 -0500 (CDT) | From | Mike Isely <> | Subject | Re: Bug fix for pvrusb2 driver [was: Re: Kernel 2.6.26.5 -> 2.6.27.2 [USB REGRESSION] (USB -> D_STATE)] |
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2008, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:27:11AM -0500, Mike Isely wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, Greg KH wrote: > >
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> > > > > > Will this patch be sent to the -stable group, to fix this regression in > > > 2.6.27? Or should they take Alan's fix instead? > > > > > > > Greg: > > > > I didn't directly answer your question here because I had figured it was > > answered in a previous post on this thread, that Mike Krufky had already > > explicitly asked that it be queued (and added his Reviewed-By tag), and > > that I figured it best not to add yet more noise to an already noisy > > group. > > > > However now I see that this patch didn't get into 2.6.27.3. It's a > > pretty important fix; without it the pvrusb2 driver is worse than > > useless (unless one adds initusbreset=0 as a module option). > > As we were discussing this on Monday, and the review cycle for 2.6.27.3 > started last Saturday, it would have been pretty hard to get it into > 2.6.27.3 :) > > I need to see the patch in Linus's tree first, before it can go into any > stable release. Is it in there yet? If so, please send me the git > commit id and I'll queue it up for the next -stable round. >
OK, I understand.
As far as I know, Linus has not yet pulled the changes from Mauro (part of a larger set). But that information is a few hours old. I or Mike Krufky will let you know if/when one of us finds out.
Thanks for following up.
-Mike
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