linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Staging driver fix for 5.17-rc6

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdX35YGpACUsk3iUhk3KF96PB3fxs1jfQ75g6_ddFS=rXQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 28 Feb 2022 10:34:15 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Staging driver fix for 5.17-rc6

On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 9:08 AM Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 11:57:43AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 5:23 AM Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > It resolves a reported problem in the fbtft fb_st7789v.c driver that
> > > could cause the display to be flipped in cold weather.
> >
> > LOL. WTF?
> >
> > I just had to read the commit message for that odd thing.
>
> Here it is in the real world, I should have added this to the changelog,
> but I figured the url might not be permanent:
>         https://www.core77.com/posts/111994/Hyundais-Strange-Cold-Weather-UI-Bug-Digital-Dashboard-Rotates-Flips-Display

Don't keep your production drivers too long in staging?

(sorry, couldn't resist :-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds