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

Kenji Kaneshige
2006-06-07T03:14:42Z

Greg KH wrote:
> 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?
>

Hi Greg,

Here is a updated set of patches for PCI legacy I/O port free driver
patches. It is against 2.6.17-rc6. It contains the following patches.

o [PATCH 1/4] Changes to generic pci code
o [PATCH 2/4] Update Documentation/pci.txt
o [PATCH 3/4] Make Intel e1000 driver legacy I/O port free
o [PATCH 4/4] Make Emulex lpfc driver legacy I/O port free

Each of them are corresponding to the following patches in your tree.

o pci-legacy-i-o-port-free-driver-changes-to-generic-pci-code.patch
o pci-legacy-i-o-port-free-driver-update-documentation-pci_txt.patch
o pci-legacy-i-o-port-free-driver-make-intel-e1000-driver-legacy-i-o-port-free.patch
o pci-legacy-i-o-port-free-driver-make-emulex-lpfc-driver-legacy-i-o-port-free.patch

Thanks,
Kenji Kaneshige