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Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:28:39 +0200 From: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com> To: "Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin)" <alexander.levin@...izon.com> Cc: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>, James Liao <jamesjj.liao@...iatek.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH for 4.9 39/59] arm: dts: mt2701: Add subsystem clock controller device nodes On 09/18/2017 01:20 AM, Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin) wrote: > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 01:15:43PM +0200, Matthias Brugger wrote: >> On 09/14/2017 05:51 PM, Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin) wrote: >>> From: James Liao <jamesjj.liao@...iatek.com> >>> >>> [ Upstream commit f235c7e7a75325f28a33559a71f25a0eca6112db ] >>> >>> Add MT2701 subsystem clock controllers, inlcude mmsys, imgsys, >>> vdecsys, hifsys, ethsys and bdpsys. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: James Liao <jamesjj.liao@...iatek.com> >>> Signed-off-by: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com> >>> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com> >>> --- >>> arch/arm/boot/dts/mt2701.dtsi | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) >>> >> >> It's not clear to me which bug in v4.9.y you are fixing with this. Can >> you please explain. > > Hi Matthias, > > Note that beyond bug fixes, stable kernel rules also allow for: > > """ > - New device IDs and quirks are also accepted. > """ > > In general, patches that enable devices which use existing in-kernel drivers are also accepted to the stable kernel tree. > > If this is not the case here, or you have a reason to keep it out, please let me know. > Hm, I checked linux-4.9.y and it lacks commit: e9862118272a ("clk: mediatek: Add MT2701 clock support") Which got's merged in v4.10, so this patch has no effect at all. What do I miss? Regards, Matthias
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