Re: [PATCH] leds: LEDS_BLINK_LGM should depend on X86

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Tue Apr 27 2021 - 05:12:54 EST


On Mon 2021-04-26 09:06:16, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Pavel,
>
> On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 10:57 PM Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > The Intel Lightning Mountain (LGM) Serial Shift Output controller (SSO)
> > > is only present on Intel Lightning Mountain SoCs. Hence add a
> > > dependency on X86, to prevent asking the user about this driver when
> > > configuring a kernel without Intel Lightning Mountain platform support.
> > >
> > > While at it, merge the other dependencies into a single statement.
> > >
> > > Fixes: c3987cd2bca34ddf ("leds: lgm: Add LED controller driver for LGM SoC")
> > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This rejected, so I applied it by hand.
>
> Thank you!
>
> > I'm deleting the Fixes tag --
> > we don't want this in stable.
>
> Why not? Shouldn't people running stable be shielded from useless
> questions while configuring their kernels?

See stable-kernel-rules. (Maybe updating them to match recent reality
would be better, but...)

Best regards,
Pavel
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