Messages in this thread | | | From | "Vaittinen, Matti" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mfd: bd70528: Fix hour register mask | Date | Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:11:06 +0000 |
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On Fri, 2020-01-17 at 10:10 +0000, Lee Jones wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jan 2020, Vaittinen, Matti wrote: > > > On Fri, 2020-01-17 at 08:57 +0100, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org > > wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 07:44:07AM +0000, Vaittinen, Matti wrote: > > > > Is it possible to get this in 5.4 stable - while leaving this > > > > out > > > > of > > > > current MFD tree and applying the BD71828 series to MFD? > > > > > > We only take patches that are in Linus's tree for the stable > > > tree, > > > unless there are very big reasons not to do so (i.e. it is > > > totally > > > rewritten in a different way there.) > > > > > > Once the change/fix is in Linus's tree, then you can backport it > > > to > > > stable in a different way if you want, but you need to give lots > > > of > > > reasons why it is done that way. > > > > Right. Thanks for the explanation Greg. I have no _strong_ reasons > > - > > which means I'll split the RTC support patch in BD71828 series into > > two > > - first of the patches being this fix, second being the BD71828 > > support. Then this fix can be taken in 5.4 after it has been merged > > to > > Linus' tree - the BD71828 support can be omitted from 5.4 > > > > I hope the BD71828 series could still make it to next release - but > > if > > it wont, then it might be in next after that :] > > > > Lee, please skip this one, I'll do v10 of the BD71828 series where > > this > > fix is included as separate fix-patch. > > Will look out for it. > Thanks! It should be on it's way through the mail servers :]
Br, Matti Vaittinen
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