Re: [PATCH 2/2] i2c/smbus_eeprom: Add feature bit to SPD data

[David Gibson]

On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 10:39:16PM +0200, BALATON Zoltan wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jul 2021, Corey Minyard wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 06:50:44PM +0200, BALATON Zoltan wrote:
> > > Add the differential clock input feature bit to the generated SPD
> > > data. Most guests don't seem to care but pegasos2 firmware version 1.2
> > > checks for this bit and stops with unsupported module type error if
> > > it's not present. Since this feature is likely present on real memory
> > > modules add it in the general code rather than patching the generated
> > > SPD data in pegasos2 board only.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: BALATON Zoltan <balaton@eik.bme.hu>
> > 
> > I checked this all out and it looks correct to me.  I can take it in my
> > tree, if necessary.  Feature freeze is in two days, so probably not for
> > 6.1, though it could be pushed into there if its needed in 6.1.
> > 
> > Or:
> > 
> > Acked-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
> 
> Thanks. As this fixes pegasos2 ROM 1.2 that some users may find instead of
> the 1.1 version I consider this a bugfix not a feature and would like to get
> merged for 6.1 if possible (hopefully can be in David's tree with the other
> patch that's also a bugfix) because that way it won't happen that some users
> will get problems if they find the wrong ROM. With this patch both versions
> available on line work so there should be no problem for anyone. Other
> firmware ROMs don't seem to care so they're unlikely to break and the only
> machines using it now are pegasos2, sam460ex and fuloong2e and only when
> using firmware ROM so this does not need to wait until 6.2 I think as 6.1 is
> the first version pegasos2 is available and it would be nice to get it
> working well in the first version.

I'll accept the argument that this is a bugfix, and reasonable to
merge at least early in the freeze.  So, I've merged it into my tree
with Corey's ack.

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