Re: [PATCHv2 0/7] acpi/libata: Express dependencies for devices on dock stations and bays

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

On 04/02/2012 05:22 AM, Holger Macht wrote:
> On 27.03.2012 10:11, Lin Ming wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Jeff Garzik<jeff@garzik.org> wrote:
>>> On 02/09/2012 02:33 AM, Holger Macht wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Do 09. Feb - 14:46:11, Lin Ming wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Holger Macht<holger@homac.de> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Patches 2 through 5 are just a refresh of the patches from Matthew
>>>>>> Garrett sent to this list in September 2010 [1]:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Patch 1 is a new patch incorporating the corrections from James
>>>>>> Bottomley. Patch 6, 7 and 8 make the whole patch set actually work
>>>>>> on my
>>>>>> test hardware (Thinkpad x60/Thinkpad T60) by fixing minor issues and
>>>>>> compensating changes after the first submission.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All patches now contain the correct Signed-off-by instead of Acked-by
>>>>>> tags.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [PATCH 1/8] scsi: Add wrapper to access and set scsi_bus_type in
>>>>>> struct
>>>>>> acpi_bus_type
>>>>>> [PATCH 2/8] libata: Bind the Linux device tree to the ACPI device
>>>>>> tree
>>>>>> [PATCH 3/8] libata: Migrate ACPI code over to new bindings
>>>>>> [PATCH 4/8] acpi: Add support for linking docks to the objects they
>>>>>> contain
>>>>>> [PATCH 5/8] libata: Add links between removable devices and docks
>>>>>> [PATCH 6/8] libata: Generate and pass correct acpi handles
>>>>>> [PATCH 7/8] acpi: Prevent duplicate hotplug device registration on
>>>>>> dock
>>>>>> stations
>>>>>> [PATCH 8/8] libata: Use correct PCI devices
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Holger,
>>>>>
>>>>> What's the status of these patches?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> They've been ACKed by both ACPI (Len Brown) and libata (James
>>>> Bottomley)
>>>> people, so I guess they are good to go and I'm waiting for someone
>>>> (Jeff
>>>> Garzik?) to pick them up.
>>>
>>>
>>> I ACK'd for libata. It's queued in libata-dev... but looks like that did
>>> not get pushed out. Should show up in the next linux-next.
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I didn't find these patches in libata-dev tree.
>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git
>
> They've been there, also in linux-next. But now I'm not able to find a
> trace of them. Maybe the two fixes from the thread labeled "linux-next:
> dock_link_device is oopsy" on linux-kernel@ didn't find their way into
> the trees and so the patches were removed. Just guessing...
>
> Regards,
> Holger
>
>> Are they removed for some reason?

They were removed because people had problems with them, and the patch 
authors did not engage and fix the problem(s).  Matthew Garrett spoke up 
and said he didn't have time to investigate, so the patches were dropped.

	Jeff