linux-kernel - Re: [for-4.4] mtd: nand: assign reasonable default name for NAND drivers

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Date:	Tue, 5 Jan 2016 15:28:14 +0000
From:	Sørensen, Stefan 
	<Stefan.Sorensen@...ctralink.com>
To:	"computersforpeace@...il.com" <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	"linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>
CC:	"hs@...x.de" <hs@...x.de>,
	"boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com" 
	<boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"fransklaver@...il.com" <fransklaver@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [for-4.4] mtd: nand: assign reasonable default name for NAND
 drivers

Hi Brian,

On Mon, 2016-01-04 at 11:11 -0800, Brian Norris wrote:
> This patch is needed in additon to commit 472b444eef93 ("mtd: fix 
> cmdlinepart parser, early naming for auto-filled MTD") to fix Heiko's
> reported problem. At this point, I'm not sure if this should be
> targeted toward late 4.4 or for 4.5. It's a 4.4 regresssion, but a
> very small one. And I'm not sure if this will have wide enough
> impact that it should be given a longer time to be reviewed and
> tested. We can always send it to -stable later, if it's really
> needed.

I have boards that will not boot 4.4 without these two patches, so I
hope to see it go in to 4.4.1 (I guess it is too late for 4.4).

Regards, 
 Stefan