Re: [PATCH RFC] platform/x86: gigabyte-wmi: remove allowlist
From: Thomas Weißschuh
Date: Mon Mar 27 2023 - 09:51:33 EST
On 2023-03-27 15:15:06+0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> On 3/25/23 17:48, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > Having to maintain a per-system allowlist is burdensome and confusing
> > for users, drop it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > I propose to keep this in -next for two cycles or so to make sure it
> > does not break anything.
>
> I think dropping this is a good idea (given the current experience with
> the driver), but keeping the dropping of the list in -next for 2 cycles
> is somewhat tricky. Normally once the final e.g. 6.3 is released I take
> the pdx86/for-next branch *as-is* and use that to send a pull-req to
> Linus, so that Linus gets send a hash which has been tested in linux-next
> for a while before sending it to him.
>
> Dropping this patch at that point would mean generating a new hash,
> which is a bit meh. I can do that but I would prefer to just limit
> testing to 1 full cycle.
>
> Maybe you can send me a non RFC version of this patch once 6.4-rc1 is out?
> Then I can add that to for-next right away and then we can get a full
> cycle of -next testing that way.
>
> Would that work for you?
Absolutely, will do.
Thanks,
Thomas