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Re: [PATCH] Revert "bcma: init serial console directly from ChipCommon code"

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On 13 January 2017 at 11:16, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> This reverts commit 4c81acab3816 ("bcma: init serial console directly
>> from ChipCommon code") as it broke IRQ assignment. Getting IRQ with
>> bcma_core_irq helper on SoC requires MIPS core to be set. It happens
>> *after* ChipCommon initialization so we can't do this so early.
>>
>> This fixes a regression but it seems noone noticed it for about a year.
>> It could be it was because serial was still somehow working, just
>> without IRQs. It doesn't look like a critical patch / fix.
>>
>> Reported-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> So this is for 4.11? What about CC stable?
>
> I'll add a Fixes line:
>
> Fixes: 4c81acab3816 ("bcma: init serial console directly from ChipCommon code")

After hearing about policy for fixes getting more strict, I thought we
can get it for next only.

Thanks for "Fixes:", I wasn't sure if we need that for reverts.

-- 
Rafał




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