linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] microchip: lan865x: fix missing ndo_eth

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Message-ID: <5ac05a1f-0cd2-421c-8747-9159a62dce2b@lunn.ch>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:59:52 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Parthiban.Veerasooran@...rochip.com
Cc: andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] microchip: lan865x: fix missing ndo_eth_ioctl
 handler to support PHY ioctl

> By the way, is there a possibility to submit or apply this patch to the 
> older stable kernels as well, so that users on those versions can also 
> benefit from this feature?

This is the sort of patch the machine learning bot picks up for back
porting to stable. The Fixes: tag is only one indicator it looks for,
it being a one liner and the words in the commit message might trigger
it as well.

	Andrew