Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] gpio: pca953x: fix handling of automatic address incrementing

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 12:15:45PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> obviously I failed to Cc: the gpio maintainers. Should I resend because
> of that?

I guess it's better to do because of
- this,
- v5.7-rc1 is out, makes sense to rebase.

...

> > So, something like
> > 
> > Fixes: b4818afeacbd ...
> > Depends-on: 8958262af3fb ...
> 
> I don't know what is best here. Using
> 
> Fixes: b4818afeacbd ("gpio: pca953x: Add set_multiple to allow multiple bits to be set in one write.")
> 
> seems sensible. Not sure which commits are sensible to list in
> Depends-on lines. I tend to just don't list any and then backport on
> request of the stable maintainers iff and when application to older
> versions failed.

Depends-on, in my opinion, is good to have to show at least one significant
dependency for the fix.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko