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SubjectRe: [PATCH v9 01/10] imx: Fix typo
On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 3:23 PM Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 02:46:09PM -0600, Allen Webb wrote:
> > A one character difference in the name supplied to MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
> > breaks a future patch set, so fix the typo.
>
> What behaviour is broken here for older kernels? What would not work
> that makes this patch worthy of consideration for stable? The commit
> log should be clear on that.
>
> In the future, it may be useful for you to wait at least 1 week or so
> before sending a new series becuase just a couple of days is not enough
> if you are getting feedback.
>
> So before sending a v10, please give it at least a few days or a week.
>
> Luis

On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 12:42 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 02:46:09PM -0600, Allen Webb wrote:
> > A one character difference in the name supplied to MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
> > breaks a future patch set, so fix the typo.
>
> Breaking a future change is not worth a stable backport, right? Doesn't
> this fix a real issue now? If so, please explain that.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

I will update the commit message to say that it breaks compilation
when building imx8mp-blk-ctrl as a module (and so forth for the other
similar patches).

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