Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hello, Greg. > > I think the following commit should go into -stable but forgot to cc > stable. It's now in Linus' tree. Can you please include it in > -stable? > > Thanks! > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 05:13:07PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: >> From bb9696192826a7d9279caf872e95b41bc26c7eff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >> From: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 16:53:36 -0400 >> >> sata_inic162x never reached a state where it's reliable enough for >> production use and data corruption is a relatively common occurrence. >> Make the driver generate warning about the issues and mark the Kconfig >> option as experimental. >> >> If the situation doesn't improve, we'd be better off making it depend >> on CONFIG_BROKEN. Let's wait for several cycles and see if the kernel >> message draws any attention. >> >> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Reported-by: Martin Braure de Calignon <braurede@xxxxxxx> >> Reported-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Reported-by: risc4all@xxxxxxxxx >> --- >> drivers/ata/Kconfig | 2 +- >> drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c | 14 ++++++++++++++ >> 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig >> index 80dc988..5cddaf8 100644 >> --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig >> +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig >> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ config SATA_FSL >> If unsure, say N. >> >> config SATA_INIC162X >> - tristate "Initio 162x SATA support" >> + tristate "Initio 162x SATA support (Very Experimental)" >> depends on PCI >> help >> This option enables support for Initio 162x Serial ATA. >> diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c b/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c >> index e451317..5c54d95 100644 >> --- a/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c >> +++ b/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c >> @@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ >> * >> * This file is released under GPL v2. >> * >> + * **** WARNING **** >> + * >> + * This driver never worked properly and unfortunately data corruption is >> + * relatively common. There isn't anyone working on the driver and there's >> + * no support from the vendor. Do not use this driver in any production >> + * environment. >> + * >> + * http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.bugs.rc/378525/focus=54491 >> + * https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60565 >> + * >> + * ***************** >> + * >> * This controller is eccentric and easily locks up if something isn't >> * right. Documentation is available at initio's website but it only >> * documents registers (not programming model). >> @@ -807,6 +819,8 @@ static int inic_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) >> >> ata_print_version_once(&pdev->dev, DRV_VERSION); >> >> + dev_alert(&pdev->dev, "inic162x support is broken with common data corruption issues and will be disabled by default, contact linux-ide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx if in production use\n"); >> + >> /* alloc host */ >> host = ata_host_alloc_pinfo(&pdev->dev, ppi, NR_PORTS); >> hpriv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*hpriv), GFP_KERNEL); >> -- >> 1.8.3.1 >> I'm queuing this for the 3.5 kernel as well. Cheers, -- Luis -- 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