From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161903Ab3DEPfw (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Apr 2013 11:35:52 -0400 Received: from mail-da0-f46.google.com ([209.85.210.46]:54625 "EHLO mail-da0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1765545Ab3DEPfu (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Apr 2013 11:35:50 -0400 Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 08:35:47 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Nicolas Ferre Cc: Andrew Morton , Johan Hovold , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable , Ludovic Desroches , Douglas Gilbert , Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "drivers/rtc/rtc-at91rm9200.c: use a variable for storing IMR" Message-ID: <20130405153547.GA515@kroah.com> References: <20130403095150.GC27600@localhost> <1364982862-19759-1-git-send-email-jhovold@gmail.com> <515C0208.2000605@atmel.com> <515EDC4B.3010508@atmel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <515EDC4B.3010508@atmel.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 Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 04:14:35PM +0200, Nicolas Ferre wrote: > On 04/03/2013 12:18 PM, Nicolas Ferre : > > On 04/03/2013 11:54 AM, Johan Hovold : > >> This reverts commit 0ef1594c017521ea89278e80fe3f80dafb17abde. > >> > >> This patch introduced a few races which cannot be easily fixed with a > >> small follow-up patch. Furthermore, the SoC with the broken hardware > >> register, which this patch intended to add support for, can only be used > >> with device trees, which this driver currently does not support. > >> > >> Cc: stable > >> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold > > > > Fair enough, after fighting to find a solution that can makes us move > > forward... your strong arguments convinced me. > > > > So, Andrew, please can you take this "revert" patch for 3.9-rc ? > > And sorry for the noise. > > > > Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre > > > > (Andrew, I figured out that you are not in copy of the original email: > > do I need to send it back to you or can you pick it up in patchwork? > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2385921/ > > ) > > Andrew, ping? Andrew is on vacation for a few weeks, sorry. Perhaps you should send this yourself? greg k-h