On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 01:03:13PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 01:56:45PM +0200, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Can following commit be included in stable kernel releases starting from
> > v4.11?
> >
> > d9018976cdb6eefc62a7ba79a405f6c9661b08a7 ("mfd: lpc_ich: Do not touch SPI-NOR write protection bit on Haswell/Broadwell")
> >
> > This makes sure older kernels will not accidentally lose the BIOS
> > settings.
>
> I would like to, but it fails to apply to the 4.9, 4.4, or even 3.18
> stable trees :(
>
> Can you provide a working backport for the trees you think it is needed
> on?
Hmm, looks like it is only needed for v4.13 stable (in case it gets yet
another update, seems that v4.13 stable is EOL'ed). It should apply as is.