Michael Ellerman <m...@ellerman.id.au> writes: > Greg KH <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> writes: >> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 12:19:45AM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote: >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Hi Greg/Sasha, >>> >>> Please queue up these powerpc patches for 4.4 if you have no objections. >> >> why? Do you, or someone else, really care about spectre issues in 4.4? >> Who is using ppc for 4.4 becides a specific enterprise distro (and they >> don't seem to be pulling in my stable updates anyway...)? > > Someone asked for it, but TBH I can't remember who it was. I can chase > it up if you like.
Yeah it was a request from one of the distros. They plan to take it once it lands in 4.4 stable. cheers
