Re: [PATCH v4 0/9] serial: sc16is7xx: fix GPIO regression and rs485 improvements

[andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx]

Mon, May 29, 2023 at 10:07:08PM -0400, Hugo Villeneuve kirjoitti:
> On Tue, 30 May 2023 01:31:28 +0300
> andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Mon, May 29, 2023 at 10:07:02AM -0400, Hugo Villeneuve kirjoitti:
> > > From: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > this patch series mainly fixes a GPIO regression and improve RS485 flags and
> > > properties detection from DT.
> > > 
> > > It now also includes various small fixes and improvements that were previously
> > > sent as separate patches, but that made testing everything difficult.
> > > 
> > > Patch 1 fixes an issue when debugging IOcontrol register. After testing the GPIO
> > > regression patches (patches 6 and 7, tests done by Lech Perczak), it appers that
> > > this patch is also necessary for having the correct IOcontrol register values.
> > > 
> > > Patch 2 introduces a delay after a reset operation to respect datasheet
> > > timing recommandations.
> > 
> > These two patches are w/o Fixes tag, they should be moved in the series further
> > as I explained before.
> 
> Your explanation was not clear.

Sorry if it feels like this. The documentation should have more clarity
on the matter.

> Anyway, I moved them in position 7 and 8.

Thank you, but take also what Greg KH replied to you into consideration.
He is the maintainer and seems other patches needs some additional work
in the scope of Fixes / backport (see stable kernel patches flow in the
kernel documentation, which I also mentioned earlier).

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko