From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 074D7426690; Fri, 25 Sep 2026 05:30:20 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790314222; cv=none; b=mNu4HClNeSwg3c/PgVPwkASYA0VeEzl6ptZrSeTkgzDnp600BbUDziWPRJZkbU2KmcQcofBfJ2AmsOXaWyPtGdIIQotSguY52cMA7+ltmLSqJNnHxDlCwPbMaGdYu66vN73zLVzwzT8LkqCbLzxLXZiFmUc3c0v74j2skDlTe4I= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790314222; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Mhtq+1aGrHhZ35m9tOg8Zg/jtwtqv1LkO628Nmphg34=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=VnSVpaG5c5n5DRBydiN4hmWNxnFzPRZlxo6Ll1/XwdArWmLTqMkCk32MUK+90iLwb16dA8GXIdnzxPQk3xq5TckBoOp1Z+fzH/CdBXXr3h9N4MsgvxUWsRtQD+RZ1xBzvQPshRYU2ZQI/e0ZybcoHPTBVX1dyiIB/AduldIspLU= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=1AR3fCCO; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="1AR3fCCO" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 21DA11F000FF; Fri, 25 Sep 2026 05:30:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1790314220; bh=aecCSw0mS/lusjDCAjCGFCN7hvR1Yx7c6vMxr7RP+qk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=1AR3fCCOlg8Uk/pmNdGLoYAD2ZPT2DN6nNV2i1xfzOnzmlf2lsMHkuTIykVWHizUO 5wE+ZW3Drd4v+3avqEq90AKzKgor/eFFqoHAvEAbtskODLVqyXD0Gzt5efIp4CmELk +kNrR5GYcC02qIMUXXi/Cnrtm2eHxaim0RXFe1Mo= Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:12:06 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Jakub Kicinski Cc: Paolo Abeni , Ming Wang , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, Oliver Neukum , Andrew Lunn , "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: usb: cdc_mbim: add MeiG Smart SRM821 to ZLP whitelist Message-ID: <2026092507-jurist-protector-c7e7@gregkh> References: <20260920074500.826121-1-wangming01@loongson.cn> <4d5e2857-e6eb-43e2-b668-83e779aaa734@redhat.com> <2026092409-status-rocker-0fef@gregkh> <20260924092851.33737b1e@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260924092851.33737b1e@kernel.org> On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 09:28:51AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:22:54 +0200 Greg KH wrote: > > > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > > > > Signed-off-by: Ming Wang > > > > > > Before any other step, please read: > > > > > > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v7.3-rc3/source/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst#L454 > > > > > > AFAICS this is actually support for additional H/W, just worded in > > > very unusual way: please reword the commit message accordingly and > > > drop stable from CC. > > > > Why drop stable from cc:? Do you not want it in any stable kernel > > release? Seems like it should be to me, we gladly take quirk additions > > and new device ids in stable kernels. > > the irony of telling someone to RTFM while not reading > someone else's FM :) I did, and it says to keep stable tags, not to remove them, unlike the request here. confused, greg k-h