netdev - Re: [PATCH net,stable 0/3] qmi_wwan: working around 3 serious firmware bugs

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Message-Id: <20130419.175156.87420722153479024.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:51:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bjorn@...k.no
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, dcbw@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net,stable 0/3] qmi_wwan: working around 3 serious
 firmware bugs

From: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:57:08 +0200

> This series adds workarounds for 3 different firmware bugs, each
> preventing the affected devices from working at all. I therefore
> humbly request that these fixes go to stable-3.8 (if still
> maintained) and 3.9 (either via net if still possible, or via
> stable if not).
> 
> All 3 workarounds are applied to all devices supported by the driver.
> Adding quirks for specific devices was considered as an alternative,
> but was rejected because we have too little information about the
> exact distribution of the buggy firmwares. All we know is that the
> same bug shows up in devices from at least 3 different, and presumably
> independent, vendors.
> 
> The workarounds have instead been designed to automatically apply
> when necessary, and to have as little impact as possible on unaffected
> devices.  The series has been tested on a number of devices both with
> and without these bugs.
> 
> The series should apply cleanly to net/master, net-next/master and
> stable/linux-3.8.y

Series applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!
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