On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 05:58:55PM +0200, Filip Hejsek wrote:
> On Thu, 2025-09-18 at 01:13 +0200, Filip Hejsek wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to request backporting 5326ab737a47 ("virtio_console: fix
> > order of fields cols and rows") to all LTS kernels.
> >
> > I'm working on QEMU patches that add virtio console size support.
> > Without the fix, rows and columns will be swapped.
> >
> > As far as I know, there are no device implementations that use the
> > wrong order and would by broken by the fix.
> >
> > Note: A previous version [1] of the patch contained "Cc: stable" and
> > "Fixes:" tags, but they seem to have been accidentally left out from
> > the final version.
> >
> > [1]:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Filip Hejsek
>
> Sorry, that patch might actually end up being reverted, so please wait
> until this clears up. We are still debating whether the Linux
> implementation or the spec should be changed.
>
> Best regards,
> Filip Hejsek
OK I sent a spec patch to make it match Linux. Let's see what is
happening.
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