linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] toshiba-wmi: Fix loading the driver on non Toshiba laptops

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Message-ID: <20161021050157.GB90338@f23x64.localdomain>
Date:   Thu, 20 Oct 2016 22:01:57 -0700
From:   Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
To:     Azael Avalos <coproscefalo@...il.com>
Cc:     "platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org" 
        <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Carlos Corbacho <carlos@...angeworlds.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] toshiba-wmi: Fix loading the driver on non Toshiba
 laptops

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 05:27:49PM -0600, Azael Avalos wrote:
> Hi Darren,
> 
> 2016-10-19 14:26 GMT-06:00 Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>:
> 

> >
> > Want to going to stable?
> 
> If possible, yes, as this issue affects other laptop manufacturers,
> we may never know if someone might try to load an older kernel
> on an affected laptop and end up with the toshiba_wmi loaded
> instead of the actual laptop support module, however, I'm not
> sure if this is a "big" issue to bother stable, if not, simply drop
> the cc to stable for me please.

My addled brain somehow skipped right over the Cc stable in your original patch,
I saw it later :-) Kept it.

-- 
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center