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Date:   Tue, 19 May 2020 07:44:10 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "Olsak, Marek" <Marek.Olsak@....com>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Koenig, Christian" <Christian.Koenig@....com>,
        "Pelloux-prayer, Pierre-eric" <Pierre-eric.Pelloux-prayer@....com>,
        "Deucher, Alexander" <Alexander.Deucher@....com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.6 061/194] drm/amdgpu: bump version for invalidate L2
 before SDMA IBs

On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 10:34:34PM +0000, Olsak, Marek wrote:
> [AMD Official Use Only - Internal Distribution Only]
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> I disagree with this. Bumping the driver version will have implications on other new features, because it's like an ABI barrier exposing new functionality.

And yet another reason why driver versions are a total mess and
shouldn't be in in-kernel drivers :(

Ugh.

I'll go drop this, thanks.

greg k-h

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