** Description changed: - This request was lost, unfortunately, so I'm resubmitting and at this - poing would need to be SRU'd into 5.3 for 18.04.4 to avoid customers - needing to wait until August for 18.04.5 to land. + [Impact] + Most Ubuntu customers prefer the simplicity of using inbox drivers over out-of-box drivers Microsemi provides. To do that well, we should keep that inbox driver moving forward. If we don't make the updates this time, 18.04 customers would be waiting until ~ August 2020 for 18.04.5 update. - The following patches are in 5.4 and Microsemi have asked to have them - pulled into 5.3 to update the SmartPQI driver that we carry. + [Fixes] + The following patches are in 5.4 and Microsemi have asked to have them pulled into 5.3 to update the SmartPQI driver that we carry. 391a24179423 scsi: smartpqi: bump version 48edb8780100 scsi: smartpqi: update copyright 63a7956ae1e8 scsi: smartpqi: add new pci ids 9946a3987248 scsi: smartpqi: correct REGNEWD return status 71ecc60d9ba4 scsi: smartpqi: add gigabyte controller 530dd8a7a2b1 scsi: smartpqi: correct hang when deleting 32 lds 2d2ad4bc724e scsi: smartpqi: add bay identifier 6d90615f1346 scsi: smartpqi: add sysfs entries 522bc026f013 scsi: smartpqi: add module param to hide vsep 8bdb3b9c67c5 scsi: smartpqi: add pci ids for fiberhome controller 5e6a9760f7da scsi: smartpqi: add module param for exposure order All are clean cherry-picks into Eoan/master-next from 5.4 and do not touch anything outside of Microsemi's smartpqi driver. - Impact: - Most Ubuntu customers prefer the simplicity of using inbox drivers over out-of-box drivers Microsemi provides. To do that well, we should keep that inbox driver moving forward. If we don't make the updates this time, 18.04 customers would be waiting until ~ August 2020 for 18.04.5 update. + [Regression Risk] + Low, these are updates and bug fixes from the upstream maintainer and have already been tested by the upstream on Ubuntu.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1860690 Title: Smartpqi updates for 18.04.4 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux source package in Eoan: New Bug description: [Impact] Most Ubuntu customers prefer the simplicity of using inbox drivers over out-of-box drivers Microsemi provides. To do that well, we should keep that inbox driver moving forward. If we don't make the updates this time, 18.04 customers would be waiting until ~ August 2020 for 18.04.5 update. [Fixes] The following patches are in 5.4 and Microsemi have asked to have them pulled into 5.3 to update the SmartPQI driver that we carry. 391a24179423 scsi: smartpqi: bump version 48edb8780100 scsi: smartpqi: update copyright 63a7956ae1e8 scsi: smartpqi: add new pci ids 9946a3987248 scsi: smartpqi: correct REGNEWD return status 71ecc60d9ba4 scsi: smartpqi: add gigabyte controller 530dd8a7a2b1 scsi: smartpqi: correct hang when deleting 32 lds 2d2ad4bc724e scsi: smartpqi: add bay identifier 6d90615f1346 scsi: smartpqi: add sysfs entries 522bc026f013 scsi: smartpqi: add module param to hide vsep 8bdb3b9c67c5 scsi: smartpqi: add pci ids for fiberhome controller 5e6a9760f7da scsi: smartpqi: add module param for exposure order All are clean cherry-picks into Eoan/master-next from 5.4 and do not touch anything outside of Microsemi's smartpqi driver. [Regression Risk] Low, these are updates and bug fixes from the upstream maintainer and have already been tested by the upstream on Ubuntu. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1860690/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
