linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: add firmware dependency

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Message-ID: <YuoWvwUer1bF0BtQ@nx64de-df6d00>
Date:   Wed, 3 Aug 2022 08:33:35 +0200
From:   Grzegorz Szymaszek <gszymaszek@...rt.pl>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Grzegorz Szymaszek <gszymaszek@...rt.pl>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: add firmware dependency

On Wed, Aug 03, 2022 at 08:08:31AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> This looks good, and I'll apply it after 5.20-rc1 is out,

I didn’t Cc stable since the “Submitting patches” guide says it’s for
“severe bugs”, but would it be possible to backport the patch to the
older kernels?

> but you might want to send a follow-on patch that removes the hard-coded
> string in 2 places in the driver, and just puts it into a single define
> somewhere, to make it a bit easier over time.

Good idea, will do so. I didn’t check if the filename is already used.
Would something like “this patch depends on patch…” (again from the
guide) be enough (assuming I will send the new patch before this one
is applied)?

-- 
Grzegorz Szymaszek

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