Re: [BUG][PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm3] bugfix: PCI legacy I/O port free driver

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 09:40:28PM +0900, Kenji Kaneshige wrote:
> Hi Andrew, Greg,
> 
> Here is a patche to fix a bug that pci_request_regions() doesn't work
> when it is called after pci_disable_device(), which was reported at:
> 
>     http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114914585213991&w=2
> 
> This bug is introduced by the following "PCI legacy I/O port free
> driver" patches currently in 2.6.17-rc5-mm3.
> 
>     o gregkh-pci-pci-legacy-i-o-port-free-driver-changes-to-generic-pci-code.patch
>     o gregkh-pci-pci-legacy-i-o-port-free-driver-make-emulex-lpfc-driver-legacy-i-o-port-free.patch
>     o gregkh-pci-pci-legacy-i-o-port-free-driver-make-intel-e1000-driver-legacy-i-o-port-free.patch
>     o gregkh-pci-pci-legacy-i-o-port-free-driver-update-documentation-pci_txt.patch
> 
> This patch is against 2.6.17-rc5-mm3. Please see the header of the
> patch about details.
> 
> If reposting the fixed version of PCI legacy I/O port free driver
> patches against the latest Linus tree are preferred rather than this
> patch, please let me know.

I think a new set of patches would be the best, as that way when I apply
them to Linus's tree, there is no point in the patch history that has a
problem that people might hit.

So, care to just resend the above 4 patches with your fix included?  Is
that easy to do?

thanks,

greg k-h