From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:42252 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753895AbcK2VbI (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:31:08 -0500 Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 22:31:16 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: "Winkler, Tomas" Cc: "stable@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "Usyskin, Alexander" Subject: Re: [char-msic 1/3] mei: me: disable driver on SPT SPS firmware Message-ID: <20161129213116.GA22452@kroah.com> References: <1480423486-32307-1-git-send-email-tomas.winkler@intel.com> <20161129191435.GA29438@kroah.com> <5B8DA87D05A7694D9FA63FD143655C1B54333D66@hasmsx108.ger.corp.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5B8DA87D05A7694D9FA63FD143655C1B54333D66@hasmsx108.ger.corp.intel.com> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 07:21:43PM +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote: > > > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 02:44:44PM +0200, Tomas Winkler wrote: > > > commit 8c57cac1457f3125a5d13dc03635c0708c61bff0 upstream > > > > > > Sunrise Point PCH with SPS Firmware doesn't expose working MEI > > > interface, we need to quirk it out. > > > The SPS Firmware is identifiable only on the first PCI function of the > > > device. > > > > > > Cc: #4.4 > > > Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler > > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > > --- > > > drivers/misc/mei/hw-me.c | 10 ++++++++-- drivers/misc/mei/pci-me.c > > > | 4 ++-- > > > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > I don't understand what this is for, it's already in the 4.8-stable tree. And there > > you said it only needed to go to 4.6 and newer, yet you are saying 4.4 here? > > What am I supposed to do? > > > > It's needed 4.4, but the original patch does apply cleanly only from 4.6 up, so this is the rebased version over 4.4. Since 4.4 is a long term kernel this is important. > I see from time to time broken patches in stable, mostly in 3.X series, so I prefer to do the back port myself. Ok, but your [char-misc] in the subject confused me. Please make this a bit more explicit next time. thanks, greg k-h