From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:46788 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751607AbdJSJfm (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Oct 2017 05:35:42 -0400 Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 11:35:49 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Alex Manoussakis Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Kosina Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] HID: hid-elecom: extend to fix descriptor for HUGE trackball Message-ID: <20171019093549.GC20059@kroah.com> References: <20171016202035.GA5956@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171016202035.GA5956@gnu.org> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 04:20:35PM -0400, Alex Manoussakis wrote: > commit a0933a456ff83a3b5ffa3a1903e0b8de4a56adf5 upstream > > Hello, while you evaluate my request to commit 2 USB IDs to 4.13, > I would like you to consider putting it in 4.4 and 4.9 also. > I tested tested both of these (patch, build, boot, and usage of the device). > It would be great for users of those longterm kernels to have their Elecom HUGE > trackball work properly! > > The original patch does not apply cleanly to 4.4 and 4.9 however; a trivial > adjustment is needed (simply in the unmodified positioning lines of one file). > Below is the adjusted patch that will apply without conflicts to 4.4 and 4.9. > As mentioned earlier, for kernels prior to 4.12 you > would need to cherry pick 68f9e3d71650c0f4c48d039c83e3baa4e278deed first. That commit id is not a patch :( > > Thanks! > > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman > Cc: # 4.12.x > Cc: # 4.9.x: 0bb7a37: HID: elecom: ... DEFT trackballs > Cc: # 4.4.x: 0bb7a37: HID: elecom: ... DEFT trackballs Commit 0bb7a37 is a "new feature", and as such, shouldn't be backported to older kernels, right? I need a very strong agrument from the HID maintainer as to why this should be accepted to the older kernels... thanks, greg k-h