patch file for ahci.c

patch file for ahci.c

[Cyber Source]

Hello Jeff,
  I was hoping you could help me with a patch that I need for the ahci.c 
file. I am specifically referring to this, it appears to be the fix that 
I need. 
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bd17243a84632465f5403bc9eb8b4831bd67e582
I am having a hard time implementing this change. I don't see where this 
patch can be download and or what kernel it's been patched against. I 
see the diffs but again, don't know what the original file is from. I 
have downloaded the full 2.6.30 kernel and then applied the full kernel 
patch 2.6.31-rc9 in hopes that the patch/change would have been 
included, but it wasn't, still had the soft-reset error. I then tried to 
download the b/drivers/ata/ahci.c file from the git.kernel link above 
and did a diff against the one from the above kernel and patch and then 
it failed upon compile when it hit that file saying error on lines 1604 
and 1605 expecting a ";'" before "if". Could you please help me with 
this. This is for a laptop and I cannot change out the controller. 
Thanks for any help, Peter*
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Re: patch file for ahci.c

[Grant Grundler]

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Cyber Source<peter@cybersource.us> wrote:
> Hello Jeff,
>  I was hoping you could help me with a patch that I need for the ahci.c
> file. I am specifically referring to this, it appears to be the fix that I
> need.
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bd17243a84632465f5403bc9eb8b4831bd67e582
> I am having a hard time implementing this change. I don't see where this
> patch can be download and or what kernel it's been patched against.

I just checked. This patch is included in the 2.6.30 kernel:
    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.30.6.tar.bz2

and the latest 2.6.31-rc9 tree.

> I see
> the diffs but again, don't know what the original file is from. I have
> downloaded the full 2.6.30 kernel and then applied the full kernel patch
> 2.6.31-rc9 in hopes that the patch/change would have been included, but it
> wasn't,

It definitely is.

> still had the soft-reset error.

Can you test the 2.6.31-rc9 *OR* 2.6.30.6 kernel and include the full
console output when reproducing the problem?
I expect you are having a different problem than this patch fixes.

> I then tried to download the
> b/drivers/ata/ahci.c file from the git.kernel link above and did a diff
> against the one from the above kernel and patch and then it failed upon
> compile when it hit that file saying error on lines 1604 and 1605 expecting
> a ";'" before "if". Could you please help me with this. This is for a laptop
> and I cannot change out the controller. Thanks for any help, Peter*

Please just grab either of the above source trees and post the "dmesg"
output after you've reproduced the problem.

hth,
grant