Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs

[Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com>]

Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> hi Matthew,
> 
> On Wednesday 14 November 2007 06:35, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>> Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 12:46:20AM -0700, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>>>> Finally they replied and asked to rediff it against their
>>>> git tree. I did that and sent patches back. No reply since then.
>>>>
>>>> And mind you, the patch is not trying to do anything
>>>> complex, it mostly moves code around, removes 'inline',
>>>> adds 'const'. What should I think about it?
>>> I'm waiting for an ACK/NAK from Hannes, the maintainer.  What should I
>>> do?
> 
> You could have informed me about this, and I would talk to Hannes
> myself. This would free up your mind from keeping track of this
> particular patch.
> Parallelize development, prevent things from being forgotten.
> 
> 
> Hi Hannes,
> 
>> I haven't actually been able to test it here (too busy, sorry). If someone
>> else confirms it does it's job then
>>
>> Acked-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
> 
> It's not in my mailbox on this machine, gladly we have lkml archived
> in the Net. Here is a positive tester report:
> 
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/15/168:
> 
> ======================
> Date	Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:53:08 +0200
> From	Gabriel C <>
> Subject	Re: [PATCH 0/3] debloat aic7xxx and aic79xx drivers
> 
>>> Compile tested and applies cleanly to 2.6.23.
>>> I don't have this hardware anymore and cannot run test these patches.
>> I can test these patches on an aic7892 controller later on today if you 
> want.
> 
> Works fine for me tested on :
> 
> 03:0e.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: Adaptec AIC-7892P U160/m [9005:008f] 
> (rev 02)
> 
> Gabriel
> =======================

I still run the patches on a box with 2.6.23 and one with 2.6.24-rc1 without any problems.
Didn't tested rc2/current git but I can if is needed.

If you need an Tested-by.. let me know.
   
> 
> --
> vda


Gabriel