From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2145210E6; Sat, 3 Feb 2024 01:13:51 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1706922832; cv=none; b=i8SPQjHqwGOBFVdcYvGToIpc1dds0ofLz4lpLKwapCVvuAIGdTpbaAoEPQQd7jsZ5YSv8K8detaaESrl8lIM3ZV1Kiwgo7eovyiKlCa2R83hePokYJu0IzhNfTCh60lZJtr6TPSKwXU7BwTLrSdbGa0j/38+Reuc6+eExrjjTU0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1706922832; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Mki4G/PAWSDHRLxwPPWCIKxidm5+6SE37JqhA10oRt8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=CYwXG8xTmImR91c0n+IlhAQHvb8LuY8d2xptrtNaNPIwAm9SqSEfub+EecjhUvZMQXBx5NHTsenI8akSzhhcIkVQpkWxd8v/2PvrBjeXilEexcHcV63rH9MPKNV4FqEGmNYQpdPtrtgvpnYcgrmxdTWWqoRpVJolQg2lFEMQasw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=xHdRFkvA; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="xHdRFkvA" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7EC9BC433F1; Sat, 3 Feb 2024 01:13:51 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1706922831; bh=Mki4G/PAWSDHRLxwPPWCIKxidm5+6SE37JqhA10oRt8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=xHdRFkvALtklBzwDpKYAuY9ZrQ9J5QHzb3UQy25GSUmTVycjAOJLmt2V6tWFoaq+k nZPfGZnEKbVSfuImC+mFY5NURYLZVFQRVLaWbOwfTFT09HaEFh4ytR607V2wdv2xAO iYd04AbNIA64BFNP9BynIJ7msWxSR3lDOQxQHKAs= Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2024 17:13:50 -0800 From: Greg KH To: kovalev@altlinux.org Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de, a.firago@yadro.com, sashal@kernel.org, zhuning0077@gmail.com, tiwai@suse.com, perex@perex.cz, broonie@kernel.org, lgirdwood@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.1.y 0/7] ASoC: codecs: es8326: fix support Message-ID: <2024020205-suffering-paparazzi-8a49@gregkh> References: <20240130094708.290485-1-kovalev@altlinux.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20240130094708.290485-1-kovalev@altlinux.org> On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 12:47:01PM +0300, kovalev@altlinux.org wrote: > These patches were backported from v6.6 upstream and > are intended for 6.1.y stable kernel. > > Patches have been successfully tested on the latest 6.1.75 kernel. > > [PATCH 6.1.y 1/7] ASoC: codecs: es8326: Convert to i2c's .probe_new() > [PATCH 6.1.y 2/7] ASoC: codecs: ES8326: Add es8326_mute function > [PATCH 6.1.y 3/7] ASoC: codecs: ES8326: Change Hp_detect register names > [PATCH 6.1.y 4/7] ASoC: codecs: ES8326: Change Volatile Reg function > [PATCH 6.1.y 5/7] ASoC: codecs: ES8326: Fix power-up sequence > [PATCH 6.1.y 6/7] ASOC: codecs: ES8326: Add calibration support for > [PATCH 6.1.y 7/7] ASoC: codecs: ES8326: Update jact detection function > > What exactly is being "fixed" here? Was the driver not working properly in 5.15? What broke in 6.1? Or has this hardware just never worked? These all don't seem to be fixes, so what is the need for these? confused, greg k-h