Bug#607416: [stable] Device table incorrect for drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c: 3880/3390 should be 3880/3380

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:52:47 -0400 (EDT), Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 09:10:19AM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:
>> On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:09:50 -0400 (EDT), Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>>> 
>>> If you run "git log dd30ac3 --grep='dasd: correct device table'", then
>>> the fix will show up:
>>> 
>>>  commit 5da24b7627ff821e154a3aaecd5d60e1d8e228a5
>>>  Author: Stefan Haberland <stefan.haberland@de.ibm.com>
>>>  Date:   Thu Feb 17 13:13:55 2011 +0100
>>> 
>>>      [S390] dasd: correct device table
>>> 
>>>      The 3880 storage control unit supports a 3380 device
>>>      type, but not a 3390 device type.
>>> 
>>>      Reported-by: Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>
>>>      Signed-off-by: Stefan Haberland <stefan.haberland@de.ibm.com>
>>>      Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
>>> 
>>> ...
>>> 
>>> Presumably that (5da24b76) is the commit to backport; I am not sure
>>> which kernels it applies to.
>> 
>> Thanks for the information, Jonathan.  I'm afraid I don't know much about
>> git, and my ignorance is showing.  What I do know how to use is the
>> Linux cross reference at http://lxr.linux.no/+trees, and by using that
>> it appears that this bug, in some form, goes all the way back to day 1.
>> All supported stable kernels will no doubt contain the bug, though the
>> line numbers in the patch may need to be adjusted from one release to
>> the next.  It is a very simple one-line change.
>> 
>> So, stable, I hereby respectfully request that the above-mentioned bug
>> fix be backported to the supported stable kernel releases.  Personally,
>> I am most interested in the 2.6.32 kernel, as that is the basis for
>> Debian Squeeze.
> 
> Ok, now queued up, thanks.
> 
> greg k-h

Thanks, Greg.

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