On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 9:54 PM Qiang Zhao <qiang.zhao@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 22/10/2019 18:18, Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: 2019年10月22日 18:18 > > To: Qiang Zhao <qiang.zhao@xxxxxxx>; Leo Li <leoyang.li@xxxxxxx> > > Cc: Timur Tabi <timur@xxxxxxxxxx>; Greg Kroah-Hartman > > <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > linux-serial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxxx>; > > linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] towards QE support on ARM > > > > On 22/10/2019 04.24, Qiang Zhao wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2019 at 6:11 AM Leo Li wrote > > > > >> Right. I'm really interested in getting this applied to my tree and > > >> make it upstream. Zhao Qiang, can you help to review Rasmus's > > >> patches and comment? > > > > > > As you know, I maintained a similar patchset removing PPC, and someone > > told me qe_ic should moved into drivers/irqchip/. > > > I also thought qe_ic is a interrupt control driver, should be moved into dir > > irqchip. > > > > Yes, and I also plan to do that at some point. However, that's orthogonal to > > making the driver build on ARM, so I don't want to mix the two. Making it > > usable on ARM is my/our priority currently. > > > > I'd appreciate your input on my patches. > > Yes, we can put this patchset in first place, ensure it can build and work on ARM, then push another patchset to move qe_ic. Right. I would only accept a patch series that can really build and work on ARM. At least the current out-of-tree patches can make it work on ARM. If we accept partial changes, there is no way to make it work on the latest kernel on ARM then. Regards, Leo
