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? thanks, greg k-h
