From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] pata_sc1200: Fix crash on boot Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:52:11 -0400 Message-ID: <4AD5C97B.4080509@garzik.org> References: <20091006150737.9610.81541.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20091013185637.870369c8.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20091014130046.0aa13166@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <200910141412.29467.bzolnier@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------070602080407050403050203" Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:47978 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755290AbZJNMxA (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:53:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200910141412.29467.bzolnier@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: Alan Cox , Andrew Morton , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, "Alexandros C. Couloumbis" , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, David Miller This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070602080407050403050203 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 10/14/2009 08:12 AM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On Wednesday 14 October 2009 14:00:46 Alan Cox wrote: >>> This patch applies to 2.6.31 and 2.6.30 (at least). How far back >>> should it be ported? >> >> No idea. I was just getting it fixed for the maintainer while waiting for >> something else to build. > > BTW do you happen to know who is the current maintainer of this driver > (ditto for other PATA drivers)? > > MAINTAINERS lists only: > > SERIAL ATA (SATA) SUBSYSTEM > P: Jeff Garzik > M: jgarzik@pobox.com > L: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org > T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git > S: Supported > F: drivers/ata/ > F: include/linux/ata.h > F: include/linux/libata.h > > but this driver surely ain't SATA. FWIW, I've been treating Alan as "PATA sub-maintainer", and tend to wait for an Alan review of a PATA driver patch before applying it [unless it's blindingly obvious or Bart chimes etc.]. But yes, overall, libata is certainly not SATA-only anymore, and MAINTAINERS should reflect that. Maybe a patch like the attached? (DaveM CC'd, since I modified the old-IDE entry as well) Jeff --------------070602080407050403050203 Content-Type: text/plain; name="patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="patch" diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 69e31aa..1a756bd 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -2581,7 +2581,7 @@ W: http://www.developer.ibm.com/welcome/netfinity/serveraid.html S: Supported F: drivers/scsi/ips.* -IDE SUBSYSTEM +Old IDE SUBSYSTEM M: "David S. Miller" L: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/ide-2.6.git @@ -4644,7 +4644,7 @@ S: Maintained F: drivers/misc/phantom.c F: include/linux/phantom.h -SERIAL ATA (SATA) SUBSYSTEM +ATA SUBSYSTEM M: Jeff Garzik L: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git --------------070602080407050403050203--