Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100: Switch PCIe 6a to 4 lanes mode

[Johan Hovold]

On Mon, Oct 07, 2024 at 03:01:53PM +0300, Abel Vesa wrote:
> On 24-10-07 13:19:33, Johan Hovold wrote:

> > So you should perhaps rather say that you are fixing the description and
> > compatible of pcie6a, which *is* a 4-lane controller, that can also be
> > used in 2-lane mode. Or similar.
> 
> Agreed. Will reword to say fixing the description as suggested.
> 
> Just to be sure. We still don't want this backported (even with such
> rewording), so no fixes tag, right?

We don't want this one backported (because of the missing deps) but you
can still add a Fixes tag. Just tell Sasha to drop the patch if autosel
picks it up anyway or use the new do-not-backport stable tag to achieve
the same:

	Cc: <stable+noautosel@xxxxxxxxxx> # reason goes here, and must be present

See Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst.

Johan