> -----Original Message----- > From: James Bottomley [mailto:James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:46 PM > To: KY Srinivasan > Cc: Greg KH; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ohering@xxxxxxxx; hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/1] Staging: hv: storvsc: Move the storage driver out of the > staging area > > On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 20:43 +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:24 PM > > > To: James Bottomley > > > Cc: KY Srinivasan; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > > virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ohering@xxxxxxxx; hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > > > scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Staging: hv: storvsc: Move the storage driver out of > the > > > staging area > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 02:18:38PM -0600, James Bottomley wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 12:04 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 12:04:11PM -0800, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > > > > > > The storage driver (storvsc_drv.c) handles all block storage devices > > > > > > assigned to Linux guests hosted on Hyper-V. This driver has been in the > > > > > > staging tree for a while and this patch moves it out of the staging area. > > > > > > As per Greg's recommendation, this patch makes no changes to the > > > staging/hv > > > > > > directory. Once the driver moves out of staging, we will cleanup the > > > > > > staging/hv directory. > > > > > > > > > > > > James was willing to apply this patch during the 3.3-rc phase and a > decision > > > > > > was taken to defer this to 3.4 since Greg had queued up a bunch of > storvsc > > > > > > patches for 3.4. Now that Greg has applied all of the pending storvsc > > > patches, > > > > > > I am re-sending this patch to move this driver out of staging. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > --- > > > > > > drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 7 + > > > > > > drivers/scsi/Makefile | 3 + > > > > > > drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c | 1548 > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > 3 files changed, 1558 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > > > > create mode 100644 drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c > > > > > > > > > > James, any objection to me applying this to the staging-next tree, and > > > > > at the same time, deleting this version of the driver from the > > > > > drivers/staging/hv/ directory? > > > > > > > > Well, yes, it has the same build failure as the previous one and that > > > > will make it non bisectable. > > > > > > Ah, that would make things a bit difficult, KY, please test your > > > patches... > > > > Greg, > > > > I pulled down your staging tree earlier today that had all the storvsc patches > that you > > checked in yesterday, applied this patch and built it (successfully). > > You're leaving remnants in staging. > > Move the damn thing and pull the config options from staging when you > put them in SCSI. James, I have sent out a revised patch that does exactly what you are suggesting here. If this is what you were looking for please ACK it. Regards, K. Y _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
