From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F381FC433E0 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:39:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from merlin.infradead.org (merlin.infradead.org [205.233.59.134]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8DD2964EB7 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:39:14 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 8DD2964EB7 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=merlin.20170209; h=Sender:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:Cc:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post:List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID: Subject:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=T3ajTZAgyJnsWsl20DrwRCKtzvzIZhil96ZHJTe30J8=; b=nwjcjr9aGZ52I1NbL6Gu8gQwP tB6YUCzZC4zsSNtpVwp1LQi/qH9/hWXpbWhl+F+IOzJ94TY/djtcJM4L/EuEg0nEHo5EHXRAV0mTd C2zS4OjVDq92SvWw9TFiyVWkAPR0BcshGXSyjPXJxt6YHYFfnfsKMMh9+z8LbcK/OQGTodbWlD4S9 HyLfONKa7rK8HHzinb0lLMo6/kWHsIKrprVeyoy0bXtbHF/s9CIowM7UtrC3L534dt2GGlrSFB0RZ BlWnYBzDvKqF+bh1q7oYDFl9ZmqlyT5CQwopjPR2p3FnC/izjbIXzcYIdncAHgzkKHYz+kXLsiqwQ UkAGoopjg==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=merlin.infradead.org) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1lD3AW-0000yx-FT; Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:37:52 +0000 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1lD3AU-0000yb-4p for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:37:50 +0000 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2D0E464E43; Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:37:47 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1613731068; bh=qcd9CRIEH3/I8yMd16IdmXQbaIW/4WArTLgFGOJFUKY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=O2JMJyxZUSFv+DoHqoykV3BDG/65tyiHMHHTKq89JOqB9WzY8+zXlowBq0HV7T0Lp gTNhl0b5A1I3SP+0aGR9PSTeKzdniPylFQGLrqcMT2VT4VzuinXPtGtt8Z5ZYsUsAG Ct93PbNCu8ME2UikpRJ6Y+tWpTUuC4JKPTCjcJAA= Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:37:45 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Jari Ruusu Subject: Re: 5.10 LTS Kernel: 2 or 6 years? Message-ID: References: <20210218113107.GA12547@1wt.eu> <602E766F.758C74D8@users.sourceforge.net> <20210218143341.GB13671@1wt.eu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20210219_053750_379984_024672A2 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 12.85 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Jari Ruusu , Scott Branden , LKML , BCM Kernel Feedback , Willy Tarreau , Linux ARM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 10:31:49AM +0000, Jari Ruusu wrote: > On Friday, February 19, 2021 10:22 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > That's not the goal of stable kernel releases/trees. If the driver > > version that is in 4.19.y does not work for you on release 4.19.0, odds > > of that "changing" in later stable releases is slim to none. > > But in-tree iwlwifi worked fine on 4.9.y and 4.14.y , and then got broken > in later 4.14.y versions. Did you report that breakage to us and the developers of the driver? Sounds like a regression that people would love to hear about and get fixed. > I tried later versions of 4.19.y in an attempt to > fix the breakage. Basically you are are saying that I should have NOT > attempted to upgrage 4.9.y -> 4.14.y -> 4.19.y Without anyone reporting a problem, how can anyone know to fix it? thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel