Re: [PATCH 1/2] cciss: fix sysfs broken symlink regression

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Oct 27 2008 - 17:30:27 EST


On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:01:36 -0500
Mike Miller <mike.miller@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Patch 1 of 2
>
> Regression introduced by commit 6ae5ce8e8d4de666f31286808d2285aa6a50fa40.
> This patch fixes a broken symlink in sysfs that was introduced by the above
> commit also called "cciss: remove redundant code." We broke it in 2.6.27-rc
> on or about 20080804. Some installers are broken if this symlink does not
> exist and they may not detect the logical drives configured on the
> controller.
> It does not require being backported into 2.6.26.x or earlier kernels.

OK, thanks, I tagged it for 2.6.27.x.

> Please consider this for inclusion.
>
> Andrew, do I need to resubmit 2 of 2? Or is that one still in your queue?
>

What's 2 of 2?

cciss patches which I presently have queued are:

cciss-fix-regression-firmware-not-displayed-in-procfs-again-and-again.patch
cciss-new-hardware-support.patch
cciss-fix-sysfs-broken-symlink-regression.patch

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