Re: [kernel] r4992 - in dists/sid/linux-2.6/debian: . patches-debian patches-debian/series

[dann frazier <dannf@dannf.org>]

On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 19:14 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 05:01:27PM +0000, Dann Frazier wrote:
> > Author: dannf
> > Date: Thu Dec  8 17:01:26 2005
> > New Revision: 4992
> > 
> > Added:
> >    dists/sid/linux-2.6/debian/patches-debian/drivers-scsi-buslogic-sysfs.patch
> > Modified:
> >    dists/sid/linux-2.6/debian/changelog
> >    dists/sid/linux-2.6/debian/patches-debian/series/2.6.14-5
> > Log:
> >   I expect this to be re-disabled at some stage,
> > * drivers-scsi-buslogic-sysfs.patch
> >   Adds sysfs support for buslogic.  (closes #342057)
> 
> The description and patch name is bullshit.  It adds a pci device id table,
> which has absolutely nothing to do with sysfs.

Thanks Christoph.  I actually quickly followed up that commit with
another one to (I thought) correct the changelog:

-    Adds sysfs support for buslogic.  (closes #342057)
+    expose buslogic devices via sysfs so that they are detected
+    by initramfs-tools/udev.  (closes #342057)

I'm not sure how this interface gets exposed to userspace, or how it
helps initramfs-tools - I just inferred from the bug report that this
led to this information being exposed in sysfs where initramfs-tools
(via udev) could use it for device discovery.

I've renamed the patch to buslogic-pci-id-table.patch, and changed the
changelog entry to:

  * buslogic-pci-id-table.patch
    add a pci device id table to fix initramfs-tools discovery.
    (closes #342057)

Please let me know if this is still incorrect.