| Date | Fri, 6 Jun 2008 18:57:30 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [stable] [patch 10/50] libata: force hardreset if link is in powersave mode |
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On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 06:27:15PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Fri, 6 Jun 2008, Chris Wright wrote: > > > > -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. > > --------------------- > > > > From: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> > > > > Inhibiting link PM mode doesn't bring the link back online if it's > > already in powersave mode. If SRST is used in these cases, libata EH > > thinks that the link is offline and fails detection. Force hardreset > > if link is in powersave mode. > > This isn't upstream. Maybe there's some reason it's not needed upstream, > but it would be nice to know.
To quote Tejun when he sent this patch: --- Patch for -stable only. Devel branch now uses hardreset by default so this type of promotion logic isn't necessary anymore.
thanks,
greg k-h
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