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Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 12:01:50 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: vt6656: use off stack for out buffer USB
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On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 11:14:57AM +0100, Malcolm Priestley wrote:
> Since 4.9 mandated USB buffers be heap allocated this causes the driver
> to fail.

It's really been a requirement since the 2.2 days, it's just that not
many people ran USB drivers on the platforms that required it :)

thanks,

greg k-h