RE: [PATCH 0000/0117] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup

From: KY Srinivasan
Date: Tue Aug 23 2011 - 21:01:33 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 7:11 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: gregkh@xxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0000/0117] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup
>
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:47:04AM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > Further cleanup of the hv drivers. Back in June I had sent two patch
> > sets to address these issues. I have addressed the comments I got from
> > the community on my earlier patches here:
> >
> > 1) Implement code for autoloading the vmbus drivers without using PCI
> or DMI
> > signatures. I have implemented this based on Greg's feedback on my
> earlier
> > implementation.
> >
> > 2) Cleanup error handling across the board and use standard Linux error
> codes.
> >
> > 3) General cleanup
> >
> > 4) Some bug fixes.
> >
> > 5) Cleanup the reference counting mess for both stor and net devices.
> >
> > 6) Handle all block devices using the storvsc driver. I have modified
> > the implementation here based on Christoph's feedback on my earlier
> > implementation.
> >
> > 7) Accomodate some host side scsi emulation bugs.
> >
> > 8) In case of scsi errors off-line the device.
>
> Care to respin this patch series based on my comments?

Greg,

Thank you for your comments. I will try to re-submit these patches as soon as I
possibly can. If I were to get these patches re-spun and sent to you in the next couple of
days, can I still make this current merge window?

Regards,

K. Y
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

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