linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 03/14] platform/x86/intel/ifs: return a more appropriate Error code

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Date:   Mon, 24 Oct 2022 23:01:21 +0000
From:   "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:     "Mehta, Sohil" <sohil.mehta@...el.com>,
        "Joseph, Jithu" <jithu.joseph@...el.com>
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        "bp@...en8.de" <bp@...en8.de>,
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        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>, "hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>,
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        "Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org" 
        <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        "patches@...ts.linux.dev" <patches@...ts.linux.dev>,
        "Shankar, Ravi V" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
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        "markgross@...nel.org" <markgross@...nel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 03/14] platform/x86/intel/ifs: return a more appropriate
 Error code

> Do the first 3 patches need a 'Fixes' tag? Or is the idea here that the 
> feature isn't truly enabled so everything before removing the BROKEN tag 
> will be considered together?

No point in back porting a "Fix" to a stable release that still marks the
driver as BROKEN

-Tony