Bug 154851

Summary:	Include kernel patch to stop firewire problems on PPC
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Gioele Barabucci <dev>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Daniel Drake (RETIRED) <dsd>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	kernel, ppc
Priority:	High
Version:	2006.1
Hardware:	PPC
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Gioele Barabucci 2006-11-11 18:11:08 UTC

Can you please include the patch discussed at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7431 in the gentoo kernel patches bundle?
Is solves two nasty problems (one oops) on PPC boxes that uses firewire.

Comment 1 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-11-14 08:02:36 UTC

PPC people: Any thoughts on this? As you can read on the upstream bug it is not planned for inclusion just yet, due to some risks with this change (I guess)?

Comment 2 Joe Jezak (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-11-14 16:56:29 UTC

It's probably okay for inclusion, I've applied it here to 18-r2 and will test it out, but I don't expect any problems.  If you'd rather we waited until it is submitted for inclusion, that's fine with me as well.  I'm looking to stabilize 2.6.18 soonish, this is the only bug holding that back at the moment. :)

Comment 3 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-11-20 08:56:15 UTC

Fixed in gentoo-sources-2.6.18-r3 (genpatches-2.6.18-4)