linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] ALSA: hda/realtek: Sort alphanumerically the SND_PCI

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VfdsOMpskK0xq7tAo1DJ21MPMxmFb1st--0vHJ6C+Nb6Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:22:22 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        ALSA Development Mailing List <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] ALSA: hda/realtek: Sort alphanumerically the
 SND_PCI_QUIRK() entries.

On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 3:40 PM Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:27:41 +0100,
> Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> >
> > Sort alphanumerically the SND_PCI_QUIRK() entries for better maintenance.
> > No functional change implied.
>
> I'd love to apply this kind of cleanups (and I do sometimes
> partially), but practically seen, this may make the stable backporting
> significantly harder because many quirk patches are backported to the
> very old LTS kernels.  So, unless any specific reason (e.g. some
> entries doubled or wrongly applied) is given, I'd avoid this full
> plastic surgery.

Btw, can we apply the hunks that are against the lines under #if 0?
At least it will reduce the chaos rate in the file w/o worrying that
people will add entries there to backport.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko