Re: [PATCH] ACPI: EC: Relax sanity check of the ECDT ID string

[Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>]

Am 12.08.25 um 19:10 schrieb Greg KH:

> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 06:54:39PM +0200, Armin Wolf wrote:
>> Am 12.08.25 um 18:40 schrieb Greg KH:
>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 06:51:10PM +0300, Ilya K wrote:
>>>> On 2025-08-12 16:32, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>>>> Applied as 6.17-rc material and sorry for the delay (I was offline).
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Tagging stable@ so we're hopefully in time for 6.16.1.
>>> <formletter>
>>>
>>> This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
>>> stable kernel tree.  Please read:
>>>       https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
>>> for how to do this properly.
>>>
>>> </formletter>
>> Agree.
>>
>> AFAIK the Fixes: tag should be enough to ensure that this patch gets included
>> in the affected stable kernels.
> Not at all!
>
> Please read the above link for the full details on how to do this (hint,
> Fixes: will not do it.)
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

Oops, seems that i missed something rather significant about the stable kernels.
I will give keep that in mind when sending future patches.

Thanks,
Armin Wolf