[PATCH v7 1/7] mtd: spi-nor: sst: fix BPn bits for the SST25VF064C

Michael Walle michael at walle.cc
Thu Dec 3 09:39:40 EST 2020


Am 2020-12-03 15:34, schrieb Tudor.Ambarus at microchip.com:
> On 12/3/20 1:00 AM, Michael Walle wrote:
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>> This flash part actually has 4 block protection bits.
>> 
>> Reported-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus at microchip.com>
>> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # v5.7+
> 
> While the patch is correct according to the datasheet, it was
> not tested, so it's not a candidate for stable. I would update
> the commit message to indicate that the the patch was made
> solely on datasheet info and not tested, I would add the fixes
> tag, and strip cc-ing to stable.

What is the difference? Any commit with a Fixes tag will also land
in the stable trees. Just that it will cause compile errors for
kernel older than 5.7.

So if you don't want to have it in stable then you must not add
a Fixes: tag either.

-michael



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