Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752607AbdIRK2w (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Sep 2017 06:28:52 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-f68.google.com ([74.125.82.68]:37794 "EHLO mail-wm0-f68.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751740AbdIRK2u (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Sep 2017 06:28:50 -0400 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADKCNb5UBLuw+Sd06gfnzGnxaTOO/bXJL3/lwzxekBqID8c+F8cZvXq8fyWHEllERtTDuhWeINO7Qg== Subject: Re: [PATCH for 4.9 39/59] arm: dts: mt2701: Add subsystem clock controller device nodes To: "Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin)" Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "stable@vger.kernel.org" , James Liao References: <20170914155051.8289-1-alexander.levin@verizon.com> <20170914155051.8289-39-alexander.levin@verizon.com> <4d69cf89-8896-8c86-b215-a34bdab1752d@gmail.com> <20170917232033.u4hamxh4dc66wxyd@sasha-lappy> From: Matthias Brugger Message-ID: <0c2c6712-d493-f51f-e7d0-f5e9d1ed1b3e@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:28:39 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20170917232033.u4hamxh4dc66wxyd@sasha-lappy> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1419 Lines: 43 On 09/18/2017 01:20 AM, Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin) wrote: > 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. > Hm, I checked linux-4.9.y and it lacks commit: e9862118272a ("clk: mediatek: Add MT2701 clock support") Which got's merged in v4.10, so this patch has no effect at all. What do I miss? Regards, Matthias