Re: [PATCH 2/2] sh: dma: Correct the number of DMA channels in SH7709

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Fri May 12 2023 - 03:35:07 EST


Hi Adrian,

On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 10:20 PM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
<glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2023-05-08 at 12:55 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Sat, May 6, 2023 at 4:22 PM Artur Rojek <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > According to the PM, the DMAC found in SH7709 features only 4 channels.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Artur Rojek <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> I assume we can't find a commit for the Fixes tag? Looking at the "git blame"
> for the Kconfig file, it seems the corresponding lines were changed before
> the source tree was imported into git in 1da177e4c3f4.

I don't think Fixes has much relevance, as the issue is present in all
LTS kernel versions that are still maintained.
The stable machinery AI will just pick it up, based on the word "correct" in
the description.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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