Re: Patch "dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: add Gira" has been added to the 7.1-stable tree

Re: Patch "dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: add Gira" has been added to the 7.1-stable tree

[Lucas Stach]

Am Montag, dem 20.07.2026 um 07:17 -0400 schrieb Sasha Levin:
> This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
> 
>     dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: add Gira
> 
> to the 7.1-stable tree which can be found at:
>     http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
> 
> The filename of the patch is:
>      dt-bindings-vendor-prefixes-add-gira.patch
> and it can be found in the queue-7.1 subdirectory.
> 
> If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
> please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.
> 
This adds a vendor prefix for a board that isn't even upstream yet. Why
would this be included in a stable kernel? What was the criteria that
qualified this patch to be picked into the stable queue?

Regards,
Lucas

> 
> 
> commit 26b08f0fcf83bd733238cf556bab64c65ded09a4
> Author: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>
> Date:   Wed Jun 10 23:30:47 2026 +0200
> 
>     dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: add Gira
>     
>     [ Upstream commit 61a7e4c2c98c08da6bbf8c30c71da57610930ae7 ]
>     
>     Add vendor prefix for Gira Giersiepen GmbH & Co. KG
>     Link: https://www.gira.de/
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>
>     Reviewed-by: Alexander Dahl <ada@thorsis.com>
>     Acked-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
>     Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260610213047.500701-1-l.stach@pengutronix.de
>     Signed-off-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
>     Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
> index ac83310259a914..55ef75d530e6c2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
> @@ -658,6 +658,8 @@ patternProperties:
>      description: Giantec Semiconductor, Inc.
>    "^giantplus,.*":
>      description: Giantplus Technology Co., Ltd.
> +  "^gira,.*":
> +    description: Gira Giersiepen GmbH & Co. KG
>    "^glinet,.*":
>      description: GL Intelligence, Inc.
>    "^globalscale,.*":

Re: Patch "dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: add Gira" has been added to the 7.1-stable tree

[Sasha Levin]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 02:46:30PM +0200, Lucas Stach wrote:
>This adds a vendor prefix for a board that isn't even upstream yet. Why
>would this be included in a stable kernel? What was the criteria that
>qualified this patch to be picked into the stable queue?

Dropped from the 7.1, 6.18, and 6.12 queues, thanks.

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha