linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.13 152/189] iwlwifi: mvm: support LONG_GROUP for WOWLAN_GET

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Date:   Wed, 7 Jul 2021 06:46:13 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
        Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@...el.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.13 152/189] iwlwifi: mvm: support LONG_GROUP
 for WOWLAN_GET_STATUSES version

On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 04:09:10PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
>On Tue, 2021-07-06 at 07:13 -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> From: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>
>>
>> [ Upstream commit d65ab7c0e0b92056754185d3f6925d7318730e94 ]
>>
>> It's been a while that the firmware uses LONG_GROUP by default
>> and not LEGACY_GROUP.
>> Until now the firmware wrongly advertise the WOWLAN_GET_STATUS
>> command's version with LEGACY_GROUP, but it is now being fixed.
>
>"Being fixed" here is the key - this will affect only firmware versions
>that the older drivers in stable won't load. No need to backport this.

I'll drop it, thanks!

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha