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

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

On 04/02/2012 12:43 PM, Holger Macht wrote:
> 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?

You were CC'd...

	Jeff