On 04/10/17 22:27, Andrew Lunn wrote: > Hi Richard > > It is generally unwanted. > > Have you tried back porting patches when the directory structure has > changed? Files have moved around? It makes it a lot harder to > do. Meaning patches are going to be back ported less often. Fixes > which could be security relevant might not get back ported, etc. > > Kernel 4.4 is going to be supported until 2022. So moving files around > is going to make Greg Kroah-Hartman life more difficult for the next 5 > years. Ok, I see
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