From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754295Ab2K1AjF (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:39:05 -0500 Received: from mail-pb0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:45598 "EHLO mail-pb0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752638Ab2K1AjC (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:39:02 -0500 Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:40:28 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Dave Jiang Cc: djbw@fb.com, vinod.koul@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, jon.mason@intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ioat: remove chanerr mask setting for IOAT v3.x Message-ID: <20121128004028.GA3857@kroah.com> References: <20121127221608.11315.49374.stgit@djiang5-linux.ch.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121127221608.11315.49374.stgit@djiang5-linux.ch.intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 03:16:08PM -0700, Dave Jiang wrote: > The existing code set a value in the PCI_CHANERRMSK_INT register > for a workaround to address a pre-silicon bug on the Intel 5520 IO hub that > has been fixed when the hardware was released. There is no need for this > code. > > Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang > --- > > drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c | 7 +------ > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to do this properly.