This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled pci: Set dev->dev.type in alloc_pci_dev to the 3.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: pci-set-dev-dev.type-in-alloc_pci_dev.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 88e7b167a079f090405ab4390b629b5effdab41a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian King <brking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 03:05:07 +0000 Subject: pci: Set dev->dev.type in alloc_pci_dev From: Brian King <brking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 88e7b167a079f090405ab4390b629b5effdab41a upstream. Set dev->dev.type in alloc_pci_dev so that archs that have their own versions of pci_setup_device get this set properly in order to ensure things like the boot_vga sysfs parameter get created as expected. Signed-off-by: Brian King <brking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <klebers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pci/probe.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/pci/probe.c +++ b/drivers/pci/probe.c @@ -988,7 +988,6 @@ int pci_setup_device(struct pci_dev *dev dev->sysdata = dev->bus->sysdata; dev->dev.parent = dev->bus->bridge; dev->dev.bus = &pci_bus_type; - dev->dev.type = &pci_dev_type; dev->hdr_type = hdr_type & 0x7f; dev->multifunction = !!(hdr_type & 0x80); dev->error_state = pci_channel_io_normal; @@ -1208,6 +1207,7 @@ struct pci_dev *alloc_pci_dev(void) return NULL; INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->bus_list); + dev->dev.type = &pci_dev_type; return dev; } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from brking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.9/pci-set-dev-dev.type-in-alloc_pci_dev.patch queue-3.9/powerpc-pseries-make-32-bit-msi-quirk-work-on-systems-lacking-firmware-support.patch queue-3.9/powerpc-set-default-vga-device.patch queue-3.9/powerpc-pseries-force-32-bit-msis-for-devices-that-require-it.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html