From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965456AbXA3OM5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:12:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965458AbXA3OM5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:12:57 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:45867 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965456AbXA3OM5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:12:57 -0500 Message-ID: <45BF523D.9060002@pobox.com> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:12:13 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061219) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Mundt , Jeff Garzik , Al Viro , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] pata_platform: fallout from set_mode() change References: <45BF49DC.3060206@pobox.com> <20070130140518.GB26984@linux-sh.org> In-Reply-To: <20070130140518.GB26984@linux-sh.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.7 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Paul Mundt wrote: > On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 08:36:28AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> Al Viro wrote: >>> Signed-off-by: Al Viro >> This is already in the queue via Andrew, who caught the same problem. >> >> Sometimes it seems like you and Andrew are the only people to build on >> non-x86 these days... >> > This is the first I've heard of this or the changes that caused this, > while I do build current git on a pretty much daily basis, -mm doesn't > get nearly as much testing. > > There are many people who build on non-x86 every day, there are rather > less people who have the bandwidth for -mm as well as current git or > for tracking down changes that haven't made it upstream to make sure > everything plays nice. > > If you want immediate action, I suggest you CC the authors of the drivers > when there's changes they should be made aware of, rather than deferring > to hand-waving generalizations about how no one does any testing after > the fact. The change in question is in the current -git. But my comment was largely self-critical, since /I/ applied the patch in question that broke on non-x86. Jeff