linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: uvc: allow changing interface name via configfs

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Date:   Fri, 1 Apr 2022 16:55:27 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Dan Vacura <w36195@...orola.com>
Cc:     linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        Carlos Bilbao <bilbao@...edu>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: uvc: allow changing interface name via
 configfs

On Fri, Apr 01, 2022 at 09:47:54AM -0500, Dan Vacura wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 01, 2022 at 08:19:29AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 04:11:50PM -0500, Dan Vacura wrote:
> > > Add a configfs entry, "function_name", to change the iInterface field
> > > for VideoControl. This name is used on host devices for user selection,
> > > useful when multiple cameras are present. The default will remain "UVC
> > > Camera".
> > > 
> > > Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 5.10+
> > 
> > Why is adding a new feature a stable kernel issue?
> > 
> > confused,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> The intention is to get this change integrated into the Android GKI 5.10
> and 5.15 release lines.

Android and "GKI" has nothing to do with the stable kernel trees or us
at all.

Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for what patches are acceptable to them.

thanks,

greg k-h