Re: [PATCH v2] net: usb: cdc_mbim: add MeiG Smart SRM821 to ZLP whitelist

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:22:54 +0200 Greg KH wrote:
> > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Signed-off-by: Ming Wang <wangming01@xxxxxxxxxxx>  
> > 
> > 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 :)