linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.4 042/120] iio:adc:mcp3911: Switch to generic firmware properties.

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Date:   Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:05:29 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Kent Gustavsson <kent@...oris.se>,
        Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@...il.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.4 042/120] iio:adc:mcp3911: Switch to generic firmware
 properties.

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 12:50:12PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:11:15 +0200
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > From: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
> > 
> > [ Upstream commit 4efc1c614d334883cce09c38aa3fe74d3fb0bbf0 ]
> > 
> > This allows use of the driver with other types of firmware such as ACPI
> > PRP0001 based probing.
> > 
> > Also part of a general attempt to remove direct use of of_ specific
> > accessors from IIO.
> > 
> > Added an include for mod_devicetable.h whilst here to cover the
> > struct of_device_id definition.
> 
> I'd treat this a feature enabling rather than a fix.
> It's small however, so if someone has a sent a backport request I'm fine
> with it going in stable. If not, probably just unnecessary noise for stable.

Now dropped, and the follow-on patch for this driver, from 5.4, 5.10,
and 5.15.

thanks,

greg k-h