Re: [patch 00/22] 2.6.27.7-stable review

["François Valenduc" <francois.valenduc@tvcablenet.be>]

Greg KH a écrit :
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 2.6.27.7 release.
> There are 22 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response to
> this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please let
> us know.  If anyone is a maintainer of the proper subsystem, and wants
> to add a Signed-off-by: line to the patch, please respond with it.
> 
> These patches are sent out with a number of different people on the Cc:
> line.  If you wish to be a reviewer, please email stable@kernel.org to
> add your name to the list.  If you want to be off the reviewer list,
> also email us.
> 
> Responses should be made by Monday, Nov 17, 2008, 06:00:00 UTC.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
> 
> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> 	kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/stable-review/patch-2.6.27.7-rc1.gz
> and the diffstat can be found below.
> 
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 
>  Makefile                                  |    2 +-
>  arch/arm/mm/cache-feroceon-l2.c           |    4 +-
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/mpic.h           |    2 +
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/mpc85xx_ds.c  |    3 +-
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/86xx/pic.c         |    3 +-
>  arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c                |   59 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  block/blk-merge.c                         |   19 +++++++-
>  drivers/acpi/ec.c                         |   13 ++++-
>  drivers/acpi/system.c                     |   25 +++++++---
>  drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c       |   20 +++++----
>  drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c          |   16 ++++---
>  drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c                    |   18 ++++---
>  drivers/input/mouse/alps.c                |    1 +
>  drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c                |    6 ++-
>  drivers/net/Kconfig                       |    1 +
>  drivers/net/bnx2x_init.h                  |    9 ++--
>  drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c                  |    6 ++-
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c         |   67 +++++++++++++++--------------
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.h         |    3 +-
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/hw.c           |   22 +++------
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/initvals.c     |    2 +
>  drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_wlan.h |    5 ++-
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c    |    6 ++-
>  drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c        |    3 +
>  fs/namespace.c                            |    7 +++-
>  include/linux/bio.h                       |    7 +++
>  mm/hugetlb.c                              |    5 +-
>  mm/page_isolation.c                       |    5 +-
>  scripts/package/builddeb                  |   24 +++++++++-
>  29 files changed, 251 insertions(+), 112 deletions(-)

Is it possible to add other EC related patches recently merged in the
mainline tree. These are the following:
      ACPI: EC: revert msleep patch
      ACPI: EC: wait for last write gpe
      ACPI: EC: restart failed command
      ACPI: EC: lower interrupt storm treshold
      ACPI: EC: Don't do transaction from GPE handler in poll mode.

All these patches apply without any problem on the 2.7.26 kernel. Theses
patches solves bugs #12004, #11841 and #11994. In particular, the first
one allows my computer to power down, which was not possible when the
following commit was merged in the 2.6.27.5 kernel:

ACPI: EC: do transaction from interrupt context

commit 7c6db4e050601f359081fde418ca6dc4fc2d0011 upstream.

It is easier and faster to do transaction directly from interrupt
context rather than waking control thread.:


Thanks.

François Valenduc