Hello Geert,
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Geert Uytterhoeven
> Sent: 30 March 2017 10:11
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-
> m68k.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Chris Paterson
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> From: [email protected]
> >>> [mailto:linux-renesas-soc- [email protected]] On Behalf Of
> >>> Sergei Shtylyov
> >>> Sent: 29 March 2017 19:37
> >>>
> >>> The R8A7791 PFC driver was apparently based on the preliminary
> >>> revisions of the user's manual, which omitted the DVC_MUTE signal
> >>> altogether in the PFC section. The modern manual has the signal
> >>> described, so just add the necassary data to the driver...
> >>>
> >>> Fixes: 508845196238 ("pinctrl: sh-pfc: r8a7791 PFC support")
> >>> Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <[email protected]>
> >>
> >> Should this patch also CC stable? (Patch 1/2 does)
> >
> > No need to spam stable with all these patches and reviews.
> > If it has a Fixes-tag, the stable team will pick it up anyway. After
> > it has ended up upstream.
Okay.
>
> And in this case, there's not really a need to backport it to stable, as there
> cannot be any users due to lack of pins using these definitions.
Whereas the first patch in the series fixes a problem that *is* currently seen
by users, so will need backporting. Makes sense now, thanks!
Kind regards, Chris
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
> Geert
>
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> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-
> m68k.org
>
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> that.
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