Re: [PATCH 3.0-stable] xhci: Avoid dead ports when CONFIG_USB_XHCI_HCD=n

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On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 03:49:11PM -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote:
> If the user chooses to say "no" to CONFIG_USB_XHCI_HCD on a system
> with an Intel Panther Point chipset, the PCI quirks code or the EHCI
> driver will switch the ports over to the xHCI host, but the xHCI driver
> will never load.  The ports will be powered off and seem "dead" to the
> user.
> 
> Fix this by only switching the ports over if CONFIG_USB_XHCI_HCD is
> either compiled in, or compiled as a module.
> 
> This patch should be backported to the 3.0 stable kernel, since it
> contains the commit 69e848c2090aebba5698a1620604c7dccb448684 "Intel
> xhci: Support EHCI/xHCI port switching."
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Eric Anholt <eric.anholt@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: David Bein <d.bein@xxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> This patch should build against the 3.0-stable branch.  Please queue it
> for 3.0.

Hm, really?  What patch is this in Linus's tree,
69e848c2090aebba5698a1620604c7dccb448684?  If so, why not just use that
one?  Or is this a backported version of that commit?

thanks,

greg k-h
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