From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-14.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF7A6C12002 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:22:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97B7661241 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:22:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S237499AbhGUMlX (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2021 08:41:23 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:37192 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232494AbhGUMlW (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2021 08:41:22 -0400 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3265061241; Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:21:59 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1626873719; bh=gNFceyOne/t+iza4smxFjp2g49d5EgQN9HSlDf37VI4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=DSiUX3+YUXnZdaa7j97Bb+/ug7HGjJhPFkzm7KXvJ6ICL7s9by89jmxqvTYuFd1MZ SShXpo4QPO3DMAAf0loGMk0p1D6ZolShSNUKYLhsZla9Ztoax+885rIuI9Mo84LxfY uaqcMAHf/CeaeAntF5Rf1GhGV/WNFTjQaykq7Qda7C9B9lj0J72EBZEEvnchy7hHhd p9IxjlKtMFq37u3xZFnjYFpN7/6G+sXJurxLRNiK6MC2AvB3qFqBG+XhTTiRWBXla3 EJ1gND1QGlYdwtmS34wYMRgbMSY6PdKEiYVUqCA6axj5HOzChDgrz/2sMe2fUCtwTA XjXxe3BNtxMsg== Received: by pali.im (Postfix) id 8AF4779B; Wed, 21 Jul 2021 15:21:56 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 15:21:56 +0200 From: Pali =?utf-8?B?Um9ow6Fy?= To: Sasha Levin Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Marek =?utf-8?B?QmVow7pu?= , stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Backporting armada-3700-rwtm-firmware DTS changes to stable kernel Message-ID: <20210721132156.qsgodbs53glltijh@pali> References: <20210720222559.k4zoqr2rk62pj7ky@pali> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 20 July 2021 19:03:49 Sasha Levin wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 12:25:59AM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote: > > Hello Greg & Sasha, I would like to ask you for your opinion about > > backporting DTS patches to stable kernel which allows usage of hwrng on > > Marvell Armada 3700 devices. > > > > Driver is already part of 5.4 kernel, just DTS bindings are not there. > > I do not know if such backport is suitable for stable kernels. In file > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html > > is written that "New device IDs and quirks are also accepted" where > > "device id" could mean also small DTS change... > > We could, that's how I've been parsing that rule. > > > What do you think? Question is about these 3 small commits: > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=90ae47215de3fec862aeb1a0f0e28bb505ab1351 > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=46d2f6d0c99f7f95600e633c7dc727745faaf95e > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3a52a48973b355b3aac5add92ef50650ae37c2bd > > If it was actually tested on 5.4, I could queue it up for the next > release cycle. Hello Sasha! Now I tested these patches on top of stable 5.4 and hwrng is working fine.