Re: [char-msic 1/3] mei: me: disable driver on SPT SPS firmware

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On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 09:41:41PM +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote:
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> 
> > 
> > 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: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> #4.4
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  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.
> 
> I see, it's automated in my scripts. Will [char-misc 4.4] or [stable 4.4] works for you?

It's not that automated as it is misspelled in this series :)

Anyway, stable would make more sense, char-misc 4.4 does not mean
anything...

thanks,

greg k-h
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