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From:   Finn Thain <fthain@linux-m68k.org>
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On Wed, 9 Jun 2021, Michael Schmitz wrote:

> please note that Finn's patch depends on one of mine currently under review.
> Without that one, Q40 support may break in certain cases.
> 

AFAIK, that's only true for a configuration that enables both CONFIG_Q40 
and CONFIG_ATARI. In my tests with stock v5.12, such a configuration 
presently doesn't work correctly on Atari.

This patch series doesn't make this issue any worse.

Besides, I think it is a non-issue because the problem is so rare that 
no-one noticed it before I did, and the workaround for CONFIG_Q40 users is 
trivial anyway (disable CONFIG_ATARI).

Is there really some benefit in holding up this patch series?