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Mon, 27 Jul 2020 11:13:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 23:41:44 +0530 From: Vaibhav Gupta To: Jens Axboe Message-ID: <20200727181144.GA543@gmail.com> References: <20200727173923.694872-1-vaibhavgupta40@gmail.com> <20200727174012.GA696265@gmail.com> <2b4738b0-5c2c-8ee2-83f9-10b961a5d0d3@kernel.dk> <20200727175119.GA700880@gmail.com> <99b7cc57-1b4f-6c0b-00c6-08e22021c373@kernel.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <99b7cc57-1b4f-6c0b-00c6-08e22021c373@kernel.dk> Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Bjorn Helgaas , Bjorn Helgaas , linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH v2] ata: use generic power management X-BeenThere: linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: linux-kernel-mentees-bounces@lists.linuxfoundation.org Sender: "Linux-kernel-mentees" On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:59:05AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: > On 7/27/20 11:51 AM, Vaibhav Gupta wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:42:51AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: > >> On 7/27/20 11:40 AM, Vaibhav Gupta wrote: > >>> The patch is compile-tested only. > >> > >> Please test and verify actual functionality, if you're serious about > >> potentially getting this into the kernel. > >> > > Hello Jens, > > > > Sadly I don't have the hardware. This upgrade is part of my Linux Kernel > > Mentorship Program project. Like other PCI drivers which I have updated, I could > > do compile-testing only. Though this patch covers 54 drivers but the actual > > change is done only in drivers/ata/libata-core. Since rest of the drivers > > make use of the same ata_pci_device_suspend/resume(), it was a chain reaction. I > > only had to change variable binding in "struct pci_driver" variable of dependent > > drivers. > > That's understandable, but you should find at least some hardware (maybe remotely > accessible) to test this on. I'm not going to apply this without some confidence > that it actually works, and compile only testing is a far cry from that. Lots of > code compiles, but fails miserably at runtime. > > While it's touching 54 drivers, at least basic coverage of the most popular > choices will give everybody some confidence that it works in general. > Yes, I agree. Actually with previous drivers, I was able to get help from maintainers and/or supporters for the hardware testing. Is that possible for this patch? Thanks Vaibhav Gupta > -- > Jens Axboe > _______________________________________________ Linux-kernel-mentees mailing list Linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-kernel-mentees