From: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
To: Holger Macht <holger@homac.de>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>,
Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] acpi/libata: Express dependencies for devices on dock stations and bays
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:40:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F165B59.8050609@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120105103651.GB13066@homac.suse.de>
On 01/05/2012 05:36 AM, Holger Macht wrote:
> On Di 06. Dez - 17:37:19, Holger Macht wrote:
>> Patches 1 through 5 are just a refresh of the patches from Matthew
>> Garrett sent to this list in September 2010 [1]:
>>
>> [PATCH 1/7] scsi: Export scsi_bus_type
>> [PATCH 2/7] libata: Bind the Linux device tree to the ACPI device tree
>> [PATCH 3/7] libata: Migrate ACPI code over to new bindings
>> [PATCH 4/7] acpi: Add support for linking docks to the objects they contain
>> [PATCH 5/7] libata: Add links between removable devices and docks
>>
>> Patches 6 and 7 make the patches actually work on my test hardware
>> (Thinkpad x60/Thingpad T60) by fixing some minor issues.
>>
>> [PATCH 6/7] libata: Generate and pass correct acpi handles
>> [PATCH 7/7] acpi: Prevent duplicate hotplug device registration on dock stations
>
> So, due to the merge window for 3.3 being open, I like to give this
> patch set a heads up.
>
> Matthew, any word on this?
>
> Len, I really would like to see this merged because it would really make
> the docking station stuff kind of feature complete, finally.
Nice to see this effort. I hadn't noticed it before.
This is mostly an ATA patch, and so I would hope to see
Tejun review it and Jeff Garzik ship it in his ata tree.
I don't see any problem w/ the ACPI bits.
thanks,
-Len
drivers/acpi/dock.c | 98 +++++++++++++++
drivers/acpi/glue.c | 2 +
drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c | 274 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 6 +-
drivers/ata/libata-pmp.c | 4 -
drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c | 3 +
drivers/ata/libata.h | 13 ++-
drivers/ata/pata_acpi.c | 4 +-
drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h | 1 -
include/acpi/acpi_drivers.h | 11 ++
include/linux/libata.h | 7 +-
include/scsi/scsi.h | 2 +
12 files changed, 294 insertions(+), 131 deletions(-)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-18 5:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-06 16:37 [PATCH 0/7] acpi/libata: Express dependencies for devices on dock stations and bays Holger Macht
2012-01-05 10:36 ` Holger Macht
2012-01-18 5:40 ` Len Brown [this message]
2012-01-18 6:42 ` Jeff Garzik
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