APPLIED: [SRU][Xenial][PATCH 0/1] tty/hvc: Use opal irqchip interface if available

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Mon Nov 20 10:19:39 UTC 2017


On 08.11.2017 22:02, Joseph Salisbury wrote:
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1728098
> 
> == SRU Justification ==
> This bug is fixed by commit 00dab8187e18.  The commit updates the hvc 
> driver to use the OPAL irqchip if made available by the running firmware. 
> If it is not present, the driver falls back to the existing OPAL event number.   
> 
> Commit 00dab8187e18 was added to mainline is v4.8-rc1, so it is not needed in 
> releases newer than Xenial.  The commit is a clean cherry pick in Xenial.
> 
>  
> == Fix ==
> commit 00dab8187e182da41122f66c207707b192509df4
> Author: Sam Mendoza-Jonas <sam at mendozajonas.com>
> Date:   Mon Jul 11 13:38:58 2016 +1000
> 
>     tty/hvc: Use opal irqchip interface if available
> 
> 
> == Regression Potential ==
> This change is specific to the hvc driver and has been in mainline since v4.8-rc1
> without any issues reported.
> 
> == Test Case ==
> A test kernel was built with this patch and tested by the original bug reporter.
> The bug reporter states the test kernel resolved the bug.
> Sam Mendoza-Jonas (1):
>   tty/hvc: Use opal irqchip interface if available
> 
>  drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_opal.c | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
Applied to Xenial master-next. Thanks.

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