Re: Please backport commit 13e3a512a290 (i2c: smbus: Support up to 8 SPD EEPROMs)

Paul Menzel
2024-03-27T20:36:00Z

[Cc: +I2C folks]

Dear Greg,

Am 27.03.24 um 17:52 schrieb Greg KH:
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 04:13:26PM +0100, Paul Menzel wrote:

>> Please apply commit 13e3a512a290 (i2c: smbus: Support up to 8 SPD EEPROMs)
>> [1] to the stable series to get rid of a warning and to support more SPDs.
>> That commit is present since v6.8-rc1.
>
> How far back?

I’d say 6.1.

> But isn't this a new feature, why is it needed in older kernels?
> It's not a fix for a regression.
decode-dimm does not work on systems with more than four SPD EEPROMs, so
I’d say it’s a fix.

Kind regards,

Paul