From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030255AbWARFTG (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:19:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030250AbWARFTG (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:19:06 -0500 Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:36018 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030240AbWARFTE (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:19:04 -0500 Message-ID: <43CDCFC1.2000008@pobox.com> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:18:57 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Morton CC: torvalds@osdl.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Reuben Farrelly Subject: Re: [git patches] 2.6.x libata updates References: <20060118021530.GA23108@havoc.gtf.org> <20060117183318.1031c0d2.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20060117183318.1031c0d2.akpm@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "srv2.dvmed.net", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: Andrew Morton wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: > >> Please pull from 'upstream-linus' branch of >> master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git > > > I worry that whatever it is which has busted Reuben's machine will leak > into mainline. This patch probably isn't it. [...] Content analysis details: (0.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [69.134.188.146 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andrew Morton wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: > >> Please pull from 'upstream-linus' branch of >> master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git > > > I worry that whatever it is which has busted Reuben's machine will leak > into mainline. This patch probably isn't it. Nothing at all in this push is remotely controversial... > I guess if we can feed libata and acpi into mainline in little bits and > pieces like this, that'll help us work out the cause. > > Reuben has spent ages bisecting lots of patches, but the bug is quite > intermittent, which makes the process quite maddeningly error-prone and > slow. > > Then again, perhaps merging it up is the best way of fixing it: someone out > there will hit the thing more repeatably and will have a better shot at > finding the cause. Well, I haven't even looked at ACPI yet, and the Jens/Tejun stuff didn't get much testing at all. There's a lot of unfamiliar stuff in the mix. Jeff