[SRU][H/Unstable][PATCH 0/1] enable soundwire audio machine driver

[Stefan Bader]

On 17.05.21 14:06, Hui Wang wrote:
> 
> On 5/17/21 3:24 PM, Stefan Bader wrote:
>> On 17.05.21 04:05, Hui Wang wrote:
>>> Does the mainline build kernel 
>>> (https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.13-rc2/) equal to unstable 
>>> kernel?  And could we merge this change to mainline build kernel first, a 
>>> ubuntu user is waiting for this change to be merged to mainline build kernel, 
>>> he already wrote 2 emails for it.
>>
>> No, the mainline build kernel is not a supported kernel. It is upstream with 
>> no special patches. Users should not use it for other things than bisecting. 
>> Anyone who uses these kernels for their production systems is on their own.
>>
>> -Stefan
>>
> OK, got it, thanks.  This SRU is also for mainline build kernel then, if 
> possible, please merge this change to mainline build kernel.

I am sorry, I don't think you really did. No supported kernel, no SRU. And 
mainline build kernels are _not_ supported. Despite some users believing otherwise.

-Stefan

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Hui.
> 
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> On 5/14/21 12:06 PM, Hui Wang wrote:
>>>> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1921632
>>>>
>>>> [Impact]
>>>> Ubuntu users ran the kernel on the Dell soundwire audio machines,
>>>> the dmesg shows the audio mchine driver is not found, then the
>>>> audio fails to initialize
>>>>
>>>> [Fix]
>>>> Enable the intel soundwire audio machine driver and some related
>>>> codec driver.
>>>>
>>>> [Test]
>>>> run fakeroot debian/rules clean updateconfigs, and check the
>>>> config.common.ubuntu, the content is not changed.
>>>> Build the kernel with this patch applied, the soundwire audio
>>>> machine driver is built.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [Where problems could occur]
>>>> This could possibly introduce the building failure, I tested it,
>>>> so far no failure.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hui Wang (1):
>>>>    UBUNTU: [Config] enable soundwire audio mach driver
>>>>
>>>>   debian.master/config/annotations          | 8 +++++++-
>>>>   debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu | 4 +++-
>>>>   2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>
>>
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