From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934049AbXC0Fyv (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:54:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S934052AbXC0Fyv (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:54:51 -0400 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.237]:20554 "EHLO nz-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934000AbXC0Fyt (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:54:49 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=jhv4rQGFEgaST5zuAfE889i4ltXvxc0U/mQq+U4PB4bwaaW6R1mjbJzxGVL1ge3HRIiIhSlLu73kDhl0uOG4p2SkxD0BoU02O+buqQ+mjcE/lzRd/6yF+pU2OxPzpvYkkeMRHOeauPwrNyXBAF03Cc2dKL7+HQi1E8kOQQIplzo= Message-ID: <4608B1A2.3040305@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:54:42 +0900 From: Tejun Heo User-Agent: Icedove 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070307) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Garzik CC: IDE/ATA development list , Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Alan , Len Brown , Kristen Carlson Accardi Subject: Re: ATA ACPI (was Re: Linux 2.6.21-rc5) References: <4608B0CA.1040005@garzik.org> In-Reply-To: <4608B0CA.1040005@garzik.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jeff Garzik wrote: > Linus Torvalds wrote: >> There's various fixes here, ranging from some architecture updates >> (ia64, ARM, MIPS, SH, Sparc64) to KVM, networking and network drivers. >> >> And random one-liners. >> >> But probably more important, and likely much more visible to most >> people is the fixes for the fallout from the hrtimers and no-HZ >> changes, and some of the ACPI regressions. >> >> Those timer changes ended up much more painful than anybody wished >> for, but big thanks to Thomas Gleixner for being on it like a weasel >> on a dead rat, and the regression list has kept shrinking. >> >> So if you have reported a regression in the 2.6.21-rc series, please >> check 2.6.21-rc5, and update your report as appropriate (whether fixed >> or "still problems with xyzzy"). >> >> Linus > > > [just got back from vacation, or would have sent this earlier] > > FWIW, I'm still leaning towards disabling libata ACPI support by default > for 2.6.21. > > Upstream has Alan's fix for the worst PATA problems, but for different > reasons, I think PATA ACPI and SATA ACPI support in libata does not feel > quite ready for prime time in 2.6.21. > > Scream now, or hold your peace until 2.6.22... :) I second disabling ACPI for 2.6.21. -- tejun