Re: [PATCH 2.6.20.4] Flush MSI-X table writes (rev 3)

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 01:33:45PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > Sorry, but this isn't going to go into 2.6.20 any time soon as it
> > doesn't fit the rules for the -stable tree.
> >
> > But I'll take an updated version for my pci tree to go to Linus after
> > 2.6.21 is out.
> 
> Greg this does fix a bug that affects 2.6.21.  We have hardware in 2.6.21 that
> is affected And it at least seems to meet the obviously correct
> criteria.  So at least for 2.6.21 I think it is interesting.

We do?  What hardware has this reported problem showed up on?  I haven't
seen any bug reports yet.

And I think it's way too late for something like this.  If it's really
needed, I don't have a problem adding it to the 2.6.21-stable tree in a
few weeks.

thanks,

greg k-h
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