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From: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thermal/powerclamp: add back module device table
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 20:27:58 +0800
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On Mon, 2016-11-21 at 08:13 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 11:43:10AM +0800, Zhang Rui wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 2016-11-17 at 11:42 -0800, Jacob Pan wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 08:03:32 +0100
> > > Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 11:08:45AM -0800, Jacob Pan wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Commit 3105f234e0aba43e44e277c20f9b32ee8add43d4 replaced
> > > > > module
> > > > > cpu id table with a cpu feature check, which is logically
> > > > > correct.
> > > > > But we need the module device table to allow module auto
> > > > > loading.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Fixes:3105f234 thermal/powerclamp: correct cpu support check
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c | 9 ++++++++-
> > > > >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)  
> > > > <formletter>
> > > > 
> > > > This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in
> > > > the
> > > > stable kernel tree.  Please read
> > > > Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
> > > > for how to do this properly.
> > > > 
> > > > </formletter>
> > > Good to know, thanks. Rui will take care of it this time. Per Rui
> > > "I will apply patch 1 and queue up for next -rc and 4.8 stable."
> > > 
> > Just find another problem.
> > We're still missing this upstream
> > commit 3105f234e0aba43e44e277c20f9b32ee8add43d4
> > (thermal/powerclamp:
> > correct cpu support check) for 4.7 stable, and in this case, we can
> > not
> > queue this patch for both 4.7 and 4.8 stable at the moment because
> > it
> > does not apply to 4.7 stable.
> I don't understand, 4.7 is end-of-life, no one cares about it
> anymore,

sorry, I was not aware of that.
will send the patch out tomorrow.

thanks,
rui