From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:50712 "EHLO out1-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933417AbdAIIZP (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2017 03:25:15 -0500 Subject: WTF: patch "[PATCH] iio: adc: TI_AM335X_ADC should depend on HAS_DMA" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 4.9-stable tree? To: geert@linux-m68k.org, jic23@kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: From: Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2017 09:25:14 +0100 Message-ID: <148395031421136@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 4.9-stable tree. I fail to see how this patch meets the stable kernel rules as found at Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt. I could be totally wrong, and if so, please respond to and let me know why this patch should be applied. Otherwise, it is now dropped from my patch queues, never to be seen again. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >>From b1448ea9cd95868e3e91313b643818d18917b382 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:30:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] iio: adc: TI_AM335X_ADC should depend on HAS_DMA If NO_DMA=y: ERROR: "bad_dma_ops" [drivers/iio/adc/ti_am335x_adc.ko] undefined! Add a dependency on HAS_DMA to fix this. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Fixes: f438b9da (" drivers: iio: ti_am335x_adc: add dma support") Cc: Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/Kconfig b/drivers/iio/adc/Kconfig index 38bc319904c4..9c8b558ba19e 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/adc/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/Kconfig @@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ config TI_ADS8688 config TI_AM335X_ADC tristate "TI's AM335X ADC driver" - depends on MFD_TI_AM335X_TSCADC + depends on MFD_TI_AM335X_TSCADC && HAS_DMA select IIO_BUFFER select IIO_KFIFO_BUF help