Re: WTF: patch "[PATCH] iio: adc: TI_AM335X_ADC should depend on HAS_DMA" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 4.9-stable tree?

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Hi Greg,

On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 9:25 AM,  <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 4.9-stable tree.
>
> I fail to see how this patch meets the stable kernel rules as found at
> Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt.

s@stable_kernel_rules.txt@process/stable-kernel-rules.rst@g

Time to update the scripts? ;-)

> I could be totally wrong, and if so, please respond to
> <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> and let me know why this patch should be
> applied.  Otherwise, it is now dropped from my patch queues, never to be
> seen again.

I don't mind if you drop it, but it does fix a (obscure) build error.

> ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>
> From b1448ea9cd95868e3e91313b643818d18917b382 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:30:24 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] iio: adc: TI_AM335X_ADC should depend on HAS_DMA
>
> If NO_DMA=y:
>
>     ERROR: "bad_dma_ops" [drivers/iio/adc/ti_am335x_adc.ko] undefined!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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