Re: [git patches] 2.6.x libata updates

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
>> Please pull from 'upstream-linus' branch of
>> master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git
> 
> 
> I worry that whatever it is which has busted Reuben's machine will leak
> into mainline.  This patch probably isn't it.

Nothing at all in this push is remotely controversial...


> I guess if we can feed libata and acpi into mainline in little bits and
> pieces like this, that'll help us work out the cause.
> 
> Reuben has spent ages bisecting lots of patches, but the bug is quite
> intermittent, which makes the process quite maddeningly error-prone and
> slow.
> 
> Then again, perhaps merging it up is the best way of fixing it: someone out
> there will hit the thing more repeatably and will have a better shot at
> finding the cause.

Well, I haven't even looked at ACPI yet, and the Jens/Tejun stuff didn't 
get much testing at all.  There's a lot of unfamiliar stuff in the mix.

	Jeff