Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:04:54 +0100 (CET) | From | Jiri Kosina <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] HID: add support for Sony RF receiver with USB product id 0x0374 |
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On Tue, 22 Jan 2013, Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao wrote:
> > > If possible, I would like to get it backported to 3.7-stable (and > > > possibly 3.2 stable), since without it a whole family of Sony desktop > > > computers is unusable under Linux out of the box. Should I do it myself > > > or do you have a process in place for HID stable patches? > > > > If the patch had > > > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > > > > in it, it'd be picked for -stable queue automatically. > > I considered doing that but I thought and upstream commit > ID was needed.
Yes, that's necessary in case you are cherry-picking a commit already present in Linus' tree that doesn't have explicit "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org". Otherwise, -stable tree maintainer is automatically picking up commits that appear in Linus tree with this tag.
> > > Otherwise, anyone is free to take it once it's in Linus' tree and sent > > to to stable@vger.kernel.org for inclusion. > > So it is the standard procedure. I just wanted to make sure whether you > wanted to have all the -stable patches funnelled through you.
It's not strictly necessary. I get copied on them when they are queued in -stable queue anyway.
> By the way, I will be replying to this email with a follow-up patch that > I forgot to send the last time around. It is just documentation for the > quirk.
Ok, thanks.
-- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs
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