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

[Holger Macht <holger@homac.de>]

On 02.04.2012 17:45, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 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.

Do you have a pointer for the problems?

Thanks,
  Holger