Re: [patch net-next 1/3] mlxsw: spectrum: Reduce number of supported 802.1D bridges

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 14:40:50 +0200

This patch, commit b555cf4a50c17a9714715a2d7c8574dca1a7b356 ("mlxsw: spectrum:
Reduce number of supported 802.1D bridges") reduced the resources the
device allocates during init. Newer firmware versions now force a hard
limit on these resources and thus require this patch.

We would like to ask this commit be backported to stable kernels, so
that they can be used with newer firmware versions.

Breaking existing working drivers with a firmware update is a terrible
user experience, and in my opinion not a reason to do a -stable
backport.  Fix how you manage this stuff instead.

This new behavior should be requested by drivers that can handle it,
rather than retroactively forced upon existing setups.