Re: "Backport" of 441bf7332d55 ("staging: m57621-mmc: delete driver from the tree.") as well for older stable series still supported?

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Hi,

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 07:20:53AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 11:32:01AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 09:44:06PM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> > > Hi Greg, Sasha, all,
> > > 
> > > Prompted by https://bugs.debian.org/986949 it looks that files with
> > > prolematic license are present in stable series in
> > > drivers/staging/mt7621-mmc/ prior to 441bf7332d55 ("staging:
> > > m57621-mmc: delete driver from the tree.") where those were removed in
> > > 5.2-rc1.
> > > 
> > > As the license text at it is presented is problematic at best, would
> > > this removal make sense as well in the current other stable series
> > > which contain it? The files goes back to it's addition in 4.17-rc1.
> > > 
> > > So it would remain v4.19.y where the files should/can be removed as
> > > well from the staging area?
> > 
> > Yeah, it is odd, and we probably should not continue to distribute new
> > updates with it in the tree.
> > 
> > As the commit does not backport cleanly, can you provide a working
> > backport that I can apply?
> 
> I killed it :) Thanks for the heads up!

Thank you Sasha and Greg!

Salvatore



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