linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] usb: renesas-xhci: remove version check

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Date:   Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:31:08 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
Cc:     Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...el.com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] usb: renesas-xhci: remove version check

On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 12:47:39PM +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
> Some devices in wild are reporting bunch of firmware versions, so remove
> the check for versions in driver
> 
> Reported by: Anastasios Vacharakis <vacharakis@...il.com>
> Reported by: Glen Journeay <journeay@...il.com>
> Fixes: 2478be82de44 ("usb: renesas-xhci: Add ROM loader for uPD720201")
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208911
> Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
>  - drop additional firmware versions and remove the check
> 
> Greg, this fixes regression for folks with preprogrammed controllers
> please mark as stable material

You could have done so by putting "Cc: stable..." in the s-o-b of the
kernel, why force me to do that by hand?

thanks,

greg k-h