> -----Original Message----- > From: James Bottomley [mailto:James.Bottomley@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 9:31 PM > To: Desai, Kashyap > Cc: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Moore, Eric; Prakash, Sathya > Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/10] mpt2sas: Description Patch > > On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 11:30 +0530, Kashyap, Desai wrote: > > MPT2SAS driver changes. > > These patches are taken from 2.6.37-rc5. > > Please consider this patch set for next kernel release. > > That's a bit unlikely considering we're probably only a day or so away > from a 2.6.37 kernel release. It takes time to go through the > linux-next and code inspection process. > > I can add them to scsi-misc with a cc stable (at least for the ones > that > are bug fixes): > > > [PATCH 01/10] mpt2sas: Device removal handshake even though the > > PHYSTATUS_VACANT bit is set in the PhyStatus > > [PATCH 02/10] mpt2sas: Internal device reset complete event is not > > supported for older firmware prior to MPI Rev K > > [PATCH 03/10] mpt2sas: Correct resizing calculation for > max_queue_depth > > [PATCH 04/10] mpt2sas: Revision P MPI Header Update > > This is an update not a bug fix > > > [PATCH 05/10] mpt2sas: Add support for Customer specific branding > messages > > This is an update, not a bug fix > > > [PATCH 06/10] mpt2sas: Fix the race between broadcast asyn event and > scsi > > command completion. > > This patch seems to contain half the branding stuff from 5/10 ... > please > separate them > > > [PATCH 07/10] mpt2sas: Prevent access to freed memory from port > enable process > > [PATCH 08/10] mpt2sas: Basic Code Cleanup in mpt2sas_base > > A code cleanup is not a bug fix. > > > [PATCH 09/10] mpt2sas: Call the _scsih_ir_shutdown prior to reporting > the > > volumes missing from the OS > > [PATCH 10/10] mpt2sas: Bump version 08.100.00.00 > > > > Signed-off-by: Kashyap Desai <kashyap.desai@xxxxxxx> > > So that's 1-3 bug fixes, rework 5,6 so it becomes a clean separation > between enhancement and bug fix and 7,9 are bug fixes. James Thanks for quick review and giving me suggestion for separation of fixes vs updates. There are some unusual things in patch-6. I will resend patch-6. Here, I have re-listed fixes. [PATCH 01/10] mpt2sas: Device removal handshake even though the ... [PATCH 02/10] mpt2sas: Internal device reset complete event is not ... [PATCH 03/10] mpt2sas: Correct resizing calculation for max_queue_depth [PATCH 06/10] mpt2sas: Fix the race between broadcast asyn event and scsi .. [PATCH 07/10] mpt2sas: Prevent access to freed memory from port enable process .. [PATCH 09/10] mpt2sas: Call the _scsih_ir_shutdown prior to reporting the ... These are updates. [PATCH 04/10] mpt2sas: Revision P MPI Header Update [PATCH 05/10] mpt2sas: Add support for Customer specific branding messages [PATCH 08/10] mpt2sas: Basic Code Cleanup in mpt2sas_base Thanks, Kashyap > > James > ÿô.nlj·Ÿ®‰†+%ŠË±é¥Šwÿº{.nlj·¥Š{±þÇ‹ø¡Ü}©ž²ÆzÚj:+v‰¨þø®w¥þŠàÞ¨è&¢)ß«a¶Úÿûz¹ÞúŽŠÝjÿŠwèf
