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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
	"# v4 . 9+" <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: vt6656: use off stack for out buffer USB transfers.
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 12:01:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170428100150.GA29304@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170422101458.4566-1-tvboxspy@gmail.com>

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

      parent reply	other threads:[~2017-04-28 10:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-04-22 10:14 [PATCH 1/2] staging: vt6656: use off stack for out buffer USB transfers Malcolm Priestley
2017-04-22 10:14 ` [PATCH 2/2] staging: vt6656: use off stack for in " Malcolm Priestley
2017-04-28 10:01 ` Greg KH [this message]

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