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

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Message-ID: <6137118a-bcb6-4c4d-98bd-10e065145a60@microchip.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 13:45:43 +0000
From: <Parthiban.Veerasooran@...rochip.com>
To: <andrew@...n.ch>
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

On 22/08/25 6:29 pm, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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>> 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.
Thank you for the explanation. As per your suggestion, I’ve moved this 
feature patch to net-next, so I assume there’s no possibility of getting 
it into the older stable kernels, as it is not a fix—is that correct?

Best regards,
Parthiban V
> 
>          Andrew