> -----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). Regards, K. Y -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
