Re: Patch "i2c: core: report OF style module alias for devices registered via OF" has been added to the 4.16-stable tree

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On 05/27/2018 04:32 PM, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
> 
>     i2c: core: report OF style module alias for devices registered via OF
> 
> to the 4.16-stable tree which can be found at:
>     http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
> 
> The filename of the patch is:
>      i2c-core-report-of-style-module-alias-for-devices-registered-via-of.patch
> and it can be found in the queue-4.16 subdirectory.
> 
> If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
> please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
> 
>

Please don't add this patch to any stable tree, since it requires all drivers
to have a proper OF device ID table. This is true in mainline, but it may not
be true in older stable kernels.
 
Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Software Engineer - Desktop Hardware Enablement
Red Hat



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