[PATCH] UBUNTU: [Upstream] ahci: Detect Marvell 88SE9172 SATA controller

[Tim Gardner]

On 05/24/2012 04:25 PM, Johnson, Matthew Robert wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Tim,
>>> Sorry for the delay; I didn't monitor the upstream tree, and didn't
>>> notice that the patch had already been upstreamed.  It's in Linus' tree
>>> as of commit 642d892522 on April 27th.  It has S-o-b Jeff Garzik, but
>>> not "Cc: stable at kernel.org".
>>>
>>> What's the process at this point?  Do I need to correspond with
>>> stable at kernel.org?  Do I need to resubmit the patch with Jeff G.'s S-o-b?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Matt
>>
>> Remind me which bug number this is for.
>>
>
> Sorry, I didn't file a bug, I originally just submitted the patch to
> the mailing list at the same time I submitted it upstream.  The patch
> has been upstreamed and will be in 3.4.  I didn't 'Cc: stable' when I
> upstreamed the patch, so I took care of that last night.  The patch
> is queued for the next 3.0 and 3.3 stable releases[1][2], and 3.2 should
> be forthcoming.
>
> If I understand correctly, the patch will automatically trickle down to the
> 12.04 kernel once 3.2.19 is released?  In that case, feel free to either
> apply the patch now or wait until then.  I can also file a bug if necessary.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
> [1] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=commitdiff;h=e90c706efb694972f64409d25d09076ab7581f34
> [2] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=commitdiff;h=898f26e7f5b166847e3157ceb7907580e2035e80
>
>> rtg
>> --
>> Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com

Waiting until this patch trickles down via stable is just fine. Thanks 
for the follow up.

rtg
-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com