Re: [PATCH] ARM: mvebu_v7_defconfig: fix Ethernet on Clearfog

["Jan Kundrát" <jan.kundrat@cesnet.cz>]

On sobota 18. května 2019 0:50:28 CEST, Jan Kundrát wrote:
>> Well, this is just about configuration, I don't consider this is
>> something that is a candidate for a fix.
>> 
>> If there is a regression, then, it is maybe located in the Kconfig
>> dependency.
>> 
>> Of course I can change my mind with good arguments :)
>
> Hi Gregory,
> I agree that it's just a config bug, but it's also something 
> which can silently produce broken systems. If this is not fixed, 
> people building their 5.2 kernels will not have working network 
> on Clearfog unless they take an extra action. For example, a 
> Buildroot defconfig that's been available for quite some time 
> (and which uses just `mvebu_v7_defconfig` for kernel) suddenly 
> becomes broken.
>
> Isn't the whole point of the -rc release to find *and* fix bugs 
> early? This trivial patch does not introduce any new or untested 
> code. I made a choice to test a pre-release kernel, I hit a bug 
> -- no big deal. I found the root cause, I sent a trivial fix 
> upstream, and now I'm told by a maintainer that they will let 
> the next kernel version, which is about seven -rc releases away, 
> be released without a fully functioning network, I am surprised 
> by that. I would have understood this better if we were at the 
> final -rc stage, but during the merge window? Or is that perhaps 
> a misunderstanding and you're planning to send this in time 
> after -rc1?

Hi Gregory,
was I successful in persuading you that this patch should be included in 
the 5.2 tree, so that Clearfog Base has all three Ethernet interfaces?

With kind regards,
Jan

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