From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: Paolo Pisati <p.pisati@gmail.com>,
Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@microchip.com>,
Microchip Linux Driver Support <UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [stable, netdev 4.4+] lan78xx: make sure RX_ADDRL & RX_ADDRH regs are always up to date
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:30:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181129133051.GA11799@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181108154904.GD8097@sasha-vm>
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 10:49:04AM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 12:01:27PM +0100, Paolo Pisati wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 07:17:51PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > > So why not just take 760db29bdc completely? It looks safer than taking a
> > > partial backport, and will make applying future patches easier.
> > >
> > > I tried to do it and it doesn't look like there are any dependencies
> > > that would cause an issue.
> >
> > Somehow i was convinced it didn't build on 4.4.x... can you pick it up?
> >
> > commit 760db29bdc97b73ff60b091315ad787b1deb5cf5
> > Author: Phil Elwell <phil@raspberrypi.org>
> > Date: Thu Apr 19 17:59:38 2018 +0100
> >
> > lan78xx: Read MAC address from DT if present
> >
> > There is a standard mechanism for locating and using a MAC address from
> > the Device Tree. Use this facility in the lan78xx driver to support
> > applications without programmed EEPROM or OTP. At the same time,
> > regularise the handling of the different address sources.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Phil Elwell <phil@raspberrypi.org>
> > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
>
> Can you confirm it actually works on 4.4?
It does not build on 4.4, so I'm dropping it :(
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-11-29 13:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-07 16:50 [PATCH] [stable, netdev 4.4+] lan78xx: make sure RX_ADDRL & RX_ADDRH regs are always up to date Paolo Pisati
2018-11-08 0:17 ` Sasha Levin
2018-11-08 11:01 ` Paolo Pisati
2018-11-08 15:49 ` Sasha Levin
2018-11-09 11:31 ` Paolo Pisati
2018-11-29 12:31 ` Greg KH
2018-11-29 13:30 ` Greg KH [this message]
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