RE: [PATCH 0/5] omap:hwspinlock support-omap4

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cousson, Benoit
> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 8:35 PM
> To: Kanigeri, Hari
> Cc: Shilimkar, Santosh; Linux Omap; Tony Lindgren; Que, Simon
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] omap:hwspinlock support-omap4
> 
> Hi Santosh,
> 
> On 7/20/2010 4:12 PM, Kanigeri, Hari wrote:
> > Santosh,
> >
> >
> >>>
> >>> Hari Kanigeri (1):
> >>>    omap:hwspinlocks-ensure the order of registration
> >>>
> >>> Simon Que (4):
> >>>    omap:hwmod-hwspinlock-enable
> >>>    omap:hwspinlock-define HWSPINLOCK base address
> >> I think you should fold patch 1/5 , 2/5 into patch 3/5.
> >> At least patch 2/5 o.w git-bisect will break
> >
> > Can you please explain why this would break ?
> 
> Yep, I'm confused as well...
> 
> In fact 3 & 4 should be merged. In patch 3 we introduce 2 news files
> that will not be compiled until the next patch. We'd better modify the
> makefile in the same patch. For the build point of view, the patch  3
> will be a noop.
> 
I see your point now. So bisect should be ok but I agree with Benoit suggestion.

Additionally, the base address patch can be avoided because
this information can be retrieved from platform data.
	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
	"res->start" is base address
Regards,
Santosh
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