linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] media: v4l: marvell: select CONFIG_V4L2

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Message-Id: <7ec182c6-bd52-4433-bf06-dbc71f186184@app.fastmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:58:07 +0100
From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To: "Hans Verkuil" <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>,
 "Sakari Ailus" <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...nel.org>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Mauro Carvalho Chehab" <mchehab@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: v4l: marvell: select CONFIG_V4L2_ASYNC where needed

On Wed, Feb 14, 2024, at 11:54, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> On 14/02/2024 11:48, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>
>> It was definitely working before ff3cc65cadb5 ("media: v4l: async,
>> fwnode: Improve module organisation") in linux-5.13, but it's not
>> clear if that is the culprit. It's probably safe to backport
>> to v5.15 and higher.
>
>
> If it has been broken for so long, then should we bother with v6.8?
>
> I'm not saying we should, I just like to get your opinion on this.

I don't have a strong opinion either way, there is very little
risk and very little benefit in backporting.

If we apply it to 6.8 at all, I think it should also be in
v5.15+ LTS and vice versa, but only queuing it for 6.9 is
fine with me, too.

     Arnd