Hi Geert, geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on Mon, 11 Apr 2022 17:09:50 +0200: > Hi Miquel, > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 10:16 AM Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx wrote on Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:45:09 -0700: > > > Quoting Miquel Raynal (2022-04-06 09:18:47) > > > > Here is a first series bringing DMA support to RZN1 platforms. Soon a > > > > second series will come with changes made to the UART controller > > > > driver, in order to interact with the RZN1 DMA controller. > > > > > > > > Stephen acked the sysctrl patch (in the clk driver) but somehow I feel > > > > like it would be good to have this patch applied on both sides > > > > (dmaengine and clk) because more changes will depend on the addition of > > > > this helper, that are not related to DMA at all. I'll let you folks > > > > figure out what is best. > > > > > > Are you sending more patches in the next 7 weeks or so that will touch > > > the same area? If so, then it sounds like I'll need to take the clk > > > patch through clk tree. I don't know what is best because I don't have > > > the information about what everyone plans to do in that file. > > > > This series brings DMA support and needs to access the dmamux registers > > that are in the sysctrl area. > > > > I've sent an RTC series which needs to access this area as well, but > > it is not fully ready yet as it was advised to go for a reset > > controller in this case. The reset controller would be registered by > > the clock driver, so yes it would touch the same file. > > > > Finally, there is an USB series that is coming soon, I don't know if > > it will be ready for merge for 5.19, but it needs to access a specific > > register in this area as well (h2mode). > > > > So provided that we are able to contribute this reset driver quickly > > enough, I would argue that it is safer to merge the clk changes in the > > clk tree. > > The clk tree or the renesas-clk tree? ;-) Actually I forgot about this tree, would you mind to merge *all* the patches that depend on the sysctrl changes in the renesas/renesas-clk tree? This also stands for the UART and RTC for instance. Otherwise you'll need to set up immutable branches and share them with the dmaengine, serial and rtc trees. I'm fine either way, it's just much less work in the first situation IMHO. Thanks, Miquèl
