Re: [PATCH net-next] r8152; preserve device list format

["Bjørn Mork" <bjorn@mork.no>]

Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 11:01:00AM +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote:
>> This is a partial revert of commit ec51fbd1b8a2 ("r8152:
>> add USB device driver for config selection")
>> 
>> Keep a simplified version of the REALTEK_USB_DEVICE macro
>> to avoid unnecessary reformatting of the device list. This
>> makes new device ID additions apply cleanly across driver
>> versions.
>> 
>> Fixes: ec51fbd1b8a2 ("r8152: add USB device driver for config selection")
>> Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>
>> ---
>> The patch in
>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230111133228.190801-1-andre.przywara@arm.com/
>> will apply cleanly on top of this.
>> 
>> This fix will also prevent a lot of stable backporting hassle.
>
> No need for this, just backport the original change to older kernels and
> all will be fine.
>
> Don't live with stuff you don't want to because of stable kernels,
> that's not how this whole process works at all :)

OK, thanks.  Will prepare a patch for stable instead then.

But I guess the original patch is unacceptable for stable as-is? It
changes how Linux react to these devces, and includes a completely new
USB device driver (i.e not interface driver).


Bjørn