From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jeremi Piotrowski <jpiotrowski@linux.microsoft.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, dpark@linux.microsoft.com,
t-lo@linux.microsoft.com, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.1] arm64: efi: Use SMBIOS processor version to key off Ampere quirk
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2023 09:44:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023060845-wipe-headlamp-6c00@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c8928af7-3e93-515e-1259-1d172cedef83@linux.microsoft.com>
On Thu, Jun 08, 2023 at 09:36:22AM +0200, Jeremi Piotrowski wrote:
> On 6/7/2023 8:36 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 07, 2023 at 05:26:12AM -0700, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> >> [ Upstream commit eb684408f3ea4856639675d6465f0024e498e4b1 ]
> >>
> >> Instead of using the SMBIOS type 1 record 'family' field, which is often
> >> modified by OEMs, use the type 4 'processor ID' and 'processor version'
> >> fields, which are set to a small set of probe-able values on all known
> >> Ampere EFI systems in the field.
> >>
> >> Fixes: 550b33cfd4452968 ("arm64: efi: Force the use of ...")
> >> Tested-by: Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@canonical.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
> >> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
> >
> > Where did Sasha sign off on this?
> >
>
> I must have picked the commit from the 6.2 backport:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20230328142621.544265000@linuxfoundation.org/#t
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?h=v6.2.16&id=b824efafca6739f6c80d22d88a83e6545114ed8e
When doing so, please be explicit, otherwise it is very confusing.
thanks,
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-08 7:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-06 14:47 soft lockup on Ampere Altra on v6.1.30 Jeremi Piotrowski
2023-06-06 17:40 ` Greg KH
2023-06-07 12:26 ` [PATCH 6.1] arm64: efi: Use SMBIOS processor version to key off Ampere quirk Ard Biesheuvel
2023-06-07 12:50 ` Jeremi Piotrowski
2023-06-07 18:36 ` Greg KH
2023-06-08 7:36 ` Jeremi Piotrowski
2023-06-08 7:44 ` Greg KH [this message]
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