Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751842AbdIQXVD (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Sep 2017 19:21:03 -0400 Received: from omzsmtpe03.verizonbusiness.com ([199.249.25.208]:13001 "EHLO omzsmtpe03.verizonbusiness.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751524AbdIQXVA (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Sep 2017 19:21:00 -0400 From: "Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin)" X-Host: viking.odc.vzwcorp.com To: Matthias Brugger CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "stable@vger.kernel.org" , James Liao Subject: Re: [PATCH for 4.9 39/59] arm: dts: mt2701: Add subsystem clock controller device nodes Thread-Topic: [PATCH for 4.9 39/59] arm: dts: mt2701: Add subsystem clock controller device nodes Thread-Index: AQHTMAuR2yqTQ4PM+06kVg705wyn4w== Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 23:20:36 +0000 Message-ID: <20170917232033.u4hamxh4dc66wxyd@sasha-lappy> References: <20170914155051.8289-1-alexander.levin@verizon.com> <20170914155051.8289-39-alexander.levin@verizon.com> <4d69cf89-8896-8c86-b215-a34bdab1752d@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4d69cf89-8896-8c86-b215-a34bdab1752d@gmail.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: user-agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) x-ms-exchange-messagesentrepresentingtype: 1 x-ms-exchange-transport-fromentityheader: Hosted x-originating-ip: [10.144.60.250] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <931451FC9920AE4EA5D6328025D5FC23@vzwcorp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by nfs id v8HNL6Tm007953 Content-Length: 1111 Lines: 37 On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 01:15:43PM +0200, Matthias Brugger wrote: >On 09/14/2017 05:51 PM, Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin) wrote: >>From: James Liao >> >>[ Upstream commit f235c7e7a75325f28a33559a71f25a0eca6112db ] >> >>Add MT2701 subsystem clock controllers, inlcude mmsys, imgsys, >>vdecsys, hifsys, ethsys and bdpsys. >> >>Signed-off-by: James Liao >>Signed-off-by: Matthias Brugger >>Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin >>--- >> arch/arm/boot/dts/mt2701.dtsi | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) >> > >It's not clear to me which bug in v4.9.y you are fixing with this. Can >you please explain. Hi Matthias, Note that beyond bug fixes, stable kernel rules also allow for: """ - New device IDs and quirks are also accepted. """ In general, patches that enable devices which use existing in-kernel drivers are also accepted to the stable kernel tree. If this is not the case here, or you have a reason to keep it out, please let me know. -- Thanks, Sasha