netdev - Re: [PATCH stable 5.16+ 0/3] backported Realtek DSA driver fixes for 5.16 and 5.17

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Date:   Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:03:02 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Alvin Šipraga <alvin@...s.dk>
Cc:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Michael Rasmussen <mir@...g-olufsen.dk>,
        Alvin Šipraga <alsi@...g-olufsen.dk>,
        Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH stable 5.16+ 0/3] backported Realtek DSA driver fixes for
 5.16 and 5.17

On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 07:32:49PM +0200, Alvin Šipraga wrote:
> From: Alvin Šipraga <alsi@...g-olufsen.dk>
> 
> These fixes can be applied to both 5.16 and 5.17 - the subtree of
> drivers/net/dsa/realtek is identical save for a few unrelated places.
> 
> The main backporting effort was to remove some parts of the patches
> which touched the newly introduced MDIO interface, which was introduced
> in the 5.18 development cycle, and to work around a mass-rename of a
> single variable (smi -> priv). Regrettably this rename will make future
> stable backports equally tedious and hard to automate.
> 
> Please let me know if you would like me to send the series again for
> 5.17.

5.16 is now end-of-life, but I've queued these up for 5.17 now, thanks!

greg k-h