Re: [PATCH 1/2] i2c: mux: demux-pinctrl: use proper parent device for demux adapter

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On 2018-05-20 08:45, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 11:40:04PM +0200, Peter Rosin wrote:
>> On 2018-04-30 13:55, Wolfram Sang wrote:
>>> Due to a typo, the wrong parent device was assigned to the newly created
>>> demuxing adapter device. It got connected to the demuxing platform
>>> device but not to the selected parent I2C adapter device. Fix it to get
>>> a proper parent-child relationship of the demuxed busses, needed also for
>>> proper PM.
>>>
>>
>> Should this one have a Fixes: tag? Should it go to current or next? Is
>> a backport to stable good enough?
> 
> A Fixes tag is probably apropriate. I don't think it should go to
> stable, though, because it will break a scheme a user might be using.
> This can't be avoided for a kernel upgrade here, but IMO we shouldn't
> enforce it for a stable update. Especially, given this is not a real
> bug, but more something improper. For the same reason, I'd think -next
> is good enough.
> 
> Thanks, will resend!

Hmm, in that case, I think a Fixes tag is best left out, because I suspect
the net effect is mostly a bunch of mails from the stable trees as the
automatic patch-picker finds this patch. So, I plan to go with this patch.

Ok?

Cheers,
Peter




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