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

[Hui Wang]

On 5/17/21 9:00 PM, Stefan Bader wrote:
> 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

OK, thanks.  I will try to send a SRU specific for mainline build 
kernel, and in this SRU, only change a couple of Kconfig setting.

Thanks.

Hui.

>
>>
>> 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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