On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 04:48:55PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > This patch basically reverts three commits > 8d5fe8d sata_dwc_460ex: indent an if statement > db7a657f sata_dwc_460ex: re-use hsdev->dev instead of dwc_dev > 8b34448 sata_dwc_460ex: move to generic DMA driver > to make driver works on _stable_ kernels only. > > The mentioned set has few flaws which are addressed in the continuation of this > series. At that time no-one has a possibility to check that on an actual > hardware. But now I have access to it and thus can be sure that everything > works beforehand. > > The decision to revert is based on the fact of amount of efforts needed to back > port necessary changes. > > Fixes: 8b3444852a2b ("sata_dwc_460ex: move to generic DMA driver") > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.1+ > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Tejun, this is intended explicitly for stable kernels only (v4.1..v4.6-rcX). > Mans and I are going to fix it in the upstrem this cycle. I have alredy send a > patch series regarding DMA fixes. > > drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c | 753 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- > 1 file changed, 623 insertions(+), 130 deletions(-) That's not ok for a stable patch, sorry, please go read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt. Just revert the individual patches instead, what's wrong with that? thanks, greg k-h -- 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