From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] cciss: fix sysfs broken symlink regression Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:29:54 -0700 Message-ID: <20081027142954.d63b4590.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <20081027210136.GA9438@roadking.ldev.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:53270 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752136AbYJ0VaI (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:30:08 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20081027210136.GA9438@roadking.ldev.net> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Mike Miller Cc: jens.axboe@oracle.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:01:36 -0500 Mike Miller wrote: > Patch 1 of 2 > > Regression introduced by commit 6ae5ce8e8d4de666f31286808d2285aa6a50fa40. > This patch fixes a broken symlink in sysfs that was introduced by the above > commit also called "cciss: remove redundant code." We broke it in 2.6.27-rc > on or about 20080804. Some installers are broken if this symlink does not > exist and they may not detect the logical drives configured on the > controller. > It does not require being backported into 2.6.26.x or earlier kernels. OK, thanks, I tagged it for 2.6.27.x. > Please consider this for inclusion. > > Andrew, do I need to resubmit 2 of 2? Or is that one still in your queue? > What's 2 of 2? cciss patches which I presently have queued are: cciss-fix-regression-firmware-not-displayed-in-procfs-again-and-again.patch cciss-new-hardware-support.patch cciss-fix-sysfs-broken-symlink-regression.patch