[PATCH linux dev-5.15 00/26] Add w25q01jvq and convert flash_info format

[Joel Stanley]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 at 04:19, Potin Lai (賴柏廷) <Potin.Lai at quantatw.com> wrote:
>
> Joel Stanley 於 2022/2/25 下午 12:01 寫道:

> > This avoids the need to backport the new style flash support from
> > mainline to v5.15. We avoid large backports where possible as it
> > complicates getting fixes: as the patches aren't in mainline v5.15,
> > when fixes are selected for backporting, they will not target v5.15 as
> > the code the fixes want to fix does not exist in that revision.
> > Additionally, large backports carry the risk of regressions, and
> > making our bmc kernel less stable.
>
> I just notice that I missed the reply from Patrick of my question (not sure why it was mark as junk mail...), sorry about sending this patch series.

No worries.

> > We still want to do the work to upstream support before adding it to
> > the openbmc tree. That means next time we rebase on a future release,
> > the proper patches will be present. Thanks for doing this.
> >
> > Another tip when submitting upstream: make sure you use
> > --suppress-cc=all, so you don't send the backport emails to the author
> > of patches you're backporting.

I meant: when submitting backports of upstream patches.

Cheers,

Joel