linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: document broadcom qspi driver as broken

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jul 2017 15:43:03 -0400
From:   Kamal Dasu <kdasu.kdev@...il.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>,
        linux-spi <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: document broadcom qspi driver as broken

On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 3:03 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 11:39 PM, Kamal Dasu <kdasu.kdev@...il.com> wrote:
>> Arnd, Cyrille,
>>
>> I am working on fixing spi-bcm-qspi.c as per Cyrill's suggestion as
>> mentioned here : https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9624585/.
>>  And remove the use of SPINOR_OP_READ* and there by remove need to
>> include spi-nor.h.
>
> Ok, thanks a lot!
>
> Do you think your fix will be applicable to stable backports, or should we
> add a simple dependency first for the stable kernels and remove that
> dependency again with the proper fix?
>

The  fix would be applicable to stable backport, we don't need to add
a dependency.

>        Arnd

Kamal