On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 03:36:54AM -0800, Gabriele Gorla wrote: >Hello, >I have submitted a patch for the 3x-xxxx driver on >alpha several months ago to both the driver maintainer >and the linux-scsi mailing list. >I have read all the FAQ and I tried to stick to the >instructions to the letter. >However the patch has been completely ignored. No >reply, no comment, no flames, absolutely nothing... > >the original email submission is at the end of the >email. > >could anyone please explain what I am doing wrong? > >thanks, >GG > > >[PATCH 2.6.22] 3w-xxxx: Fix bad unaligned accesses on >alpha SMP > >disable packing of the TAG_TW_Device_Extension >structure to prevent kernel unaligned accesses when >accessing ioctl_wqueue. >Fixes smartmontools kernel panic on alpha SMP > >Signed-off-by: Gabriele Gorla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >--- > > >--- linux-2.6.22/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.h.orig >2007-09-01 17:49:22.000000000 -0700 >+++ linux-2.6.22/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.h 2007-09-01 >17:49:45.000000000 -0700
It seems that your email client wraps lines. Please don't do this when you submit patches. >@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ typedef struct TAG_TW_Passthru > unsigned char padding[12]; > } TW_Passthru; And also your email clients eats tabs. Read Documentation/SubmittingPatches, please. And read Documentation/email-clients.txt to learn more. Regards. Cong -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/