Hi,
I would like to once again request backporting 5326ab737a47
("virtio_console: fix order of fields cols and rows") to LTS kernels
(6.12.x, 6.6.x, 6.1.x, 5.15.x and 5.10.x). The patch fixes a
discrepancy between the Virtio spec and the Linux implementation.
Previously, we were considering changing the spec instead, however, a
decision has been made [1] to keep the spec and backport the kernel
fix.
[1]:
https://lore.kernel.org/virtio-comment/[email protected]/
Thanks,
Filip Hejsek
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
