netdev - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.0 54/77] net: sfp: move Alcatel Lucent 3FE46541AA fixup

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Date:   Mon, 10 Oct 2022 08:16:43 +0100
From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, andrew@...n.ch,
        hkallweit1@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.0 54/77] net: sfp: move Alcatel Lucent
 3FE46541AA fixup

On Sun, Oct 09, 2022 at 06:07:31PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 275416754e9a262c97a1ad6f806a4bc6e0464aa2 ]
> 
> Add a new fixup mechanism to the SFP quirks, and use it for this
> module.

NAK.

There is absolutely no point in stable picking up this commit. On its
own, it doesn't do anything beneficial. It isn't a fix for anything.
It isn't stable material.

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