From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:39947 "EHLO out4-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751472AbdCDJQh (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Mar 2017 04:16:37 -0500 Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2017 10:16:30 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Maxim Sheviakov Cc: Alex Deucher , stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Cherry-pick Pitcairn quirk drop code from master Message-ID: <20170304091630.GC17756@kroah.com> References: <20170304083108.27945-1-mrader3940@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170304083108.27945-1-mrader3940@gmail.com> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Mar 04, 2017 at 11:31:08AM +0300, Maxim Sheviakov wrote: > This is just a kinda cherry-pick from linux-4.11, which already contains this, to v4.10. It shouldn't > break stuff, because all the firmware is alreay in linux-firmware.git. It is, however, reported that > using AMDGPU on Pitcairn chips with this patch applied may prevent Xorg from working properly, but it looks > like an issue in the experimental SI support code out there, so RADEON users should be just fine. This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to do this properly.