linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv1] firmware: stratix10-svc: reset COMMAND_RECONFIG_FLAG

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Message-ID: <YBJvYqh2JaYKImEt@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:01:38 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
Cc:     richard.gong@...ux.intel.com, mdf@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Richard Gong <richard.gong@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv1] firmware: stratix10-svc: reset
 COMMAND_RECONFIG_FLAG_PARTIAL to 0

On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 02:00:06PM -0800, Tom Rix wrote:
> 
> On 1/27/21 1:43 PM, richard.gong@...ux.intel.com wrote:
> > From: Richard Gong <richard.gong@...el.com>
> >
> > Clean up COMMAND_RECONFIG_FLAG_PARTIAL flag by resetting it to 0, which
> > aligns with the firmware settings.
> 
> For fixes, you need to have a 'Fixes: ... ' line in the comment.
> 
> This lets folks doing the stable branch know how far back to apply the fix.

It is a nice hint, but not always needed, and is NOT how to trigger a
patch to be backported to stable kernels.  Please read the documentation
on how to properly do that.

thanks,

greg k-h