Comment 23 for bug 1922406

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In , cuebix (cuebix-linux-kernel-bugs) wrote :

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Thank you for handling this Luca!
On Mar 26, 2021, 2:49 AM -0400, <email address hidden>, wrote:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212371
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> Luca Coelho (<email address hidden>) changed:
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> --- Comment #16 from Luca Coelho (<email address hidden>) ---
> Unfortunately we can't just backport the FW version bump. There are
> actual API changes that need to be supported, so that would require an
> unfeasible amount of changes for a stable tree.
>
> We have two options:
>
> 1. Try to take a fix to the -59.ucode firmware (I'll take this
> internally)
>
> 2. Prevent the driver from loading the PNVM file when older firmwares
> are used (I'll check if there is a proper way to do this without
> relying on the actual version number).
>
> I'll take this forward.
>
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