Re: [PATCH 6.1 00/55] 6.1.169-rc1 review

[Linus Walleij]

On Sun, Apr 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Looking through my test logs, I find that the following build error has been
> reported since  v6.1.166.

Ugh not good, but no disaster, OpenWrt is the only downstream using stable
and it only used v6.12 and v6.18.

> I have copied the patch authors for advice.

I'd just pull them both out again. It's fixing a runtime crash that appear
only when you use ethtool. Annoying, but fringe system and not appearing
in normal use.

Yours,
Linus Walleij