Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Bjørn Mork <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next] r8152; preserve device list format | Date | Thu, 12 Jan 2023 11:18:59 +0100 |
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Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 11:01:00AM +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote: >> This is a partial revert of commit ec51fbd1b8a2 ("r8152: >> add USB device driver for config selection") >> >> Keep a simplified version of the REALTEK_USB_DEVICE macro >> to avoid unnecessary reformatting of the device list. This >> makes new device ID additions apply cleanly across driver >> versions. >> >> Fixes: ec51fbd1b8a2 ("r8152: add USB device driver for config selection") >> Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no> >> --- >> The patch in >> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230111133228.190801-1-andre.przywara@arm.com/ >> will apply cleanly on top of this. >> >> This fix will also prevent a lot of stable backporting hassle. > > No need for this, just backport the original change to older kernels and > all will be fine. > > Don't live with stuff you don't want to because of stable kernels, > that's not how this whole process works at all :)
OK, thanks. Will prepare a patch for stable instead then.
But I guess the original patch is unacceptable for stable as-is? It changes how Linux react to these devces, and includes a completely new USB device driver (i.e not interface driver).
Bjørn
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