On 9/16/2020 10:08 AM, Greg KH wrote:
On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 09:54:50AM -0700, John Villalovos wrote:
On 9/15/2020 11:31 PM, Greg KH wrote:
On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 02:30:34PM -0700, John L. Villalovos wrote:
Add support needed for the Renesas USB 3.0 controller
(PD720201/PD720202). Without these patches a system with this USB
controller will crash during boot.
Is this a regression, or something that has always happened? If a
regression, any pointers to what commit caused this?
this really feels like a "new feature" addition to me, unless this used
to work properly.
It is not a regression. It is a crash that occurs on new hardware that has
this USB controller.
Without this patch series, hardware with this USB controller will fail to
work. So in the choice between "regression" and "new feature" I would say
"new feature".
Ok, to support new hardware, use a newer kernel, no reason why 5.4 or
newer will not work here, right?
This is true, but some customers who want to use this hardware don't
want (refuse) to use a new kernel :(
Can I take this to mean that this patch series is not allowed to go into
the stable kernel?
Thanks,
John
