linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.14 01/31] eeprom: at24: Add support for address-width property

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Message-ID: <20181109173015.GD14882@sasha-vm>
Date:   Fri, 9 Nov 2018 12:30:15 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, bunk@...nel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Chiang, AlanX" <alanx.chiang@...el.com>,
        "Yeh, Andy" <andy.yeh@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.14 01/31] eeprom: at24: Add support for address-width
 property

On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 12:25:34PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>pt., 9 lis 2018 o 12:16 Greg Kroah-Hartman
><gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> napisał(a):
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 08:48:32AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>> > czw., 8 lis 2018 o 23:08 Greg Kroah-Hartman
>> > <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> napisał(a):
>> > >
>> > > 4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Hi Greg,
>> >
>> > this looks like a new feature, not a fix. Are you sure this should go
>> > into the stable branch?
>>
>> Adrian Bunk asked for it to be included as he said it was a good "quirk"
>> support for some hardware enablement issues.
>>
>> If you think it should be dropped, I'll be glad to do so, but it seems
>> harmless to me.
>>
>
>Nah I'm fine, it just seemed like it didn't really fulfill the
>requirements for stable.

>From my understanding this patch enabled the use of new devices, even
though the description of the patch doesn't specify that.

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Thanks,
Sasha