On Tue, 05 Sep 2017, Takashi Iwai wrote: > On Tue, 05 Sep 2017 10:53:41 +0200, > Lee Jones wrote: > > > > On Tue, 05 Sep 2017, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 05 Sep 2017 10:10:49 +0200, > > > Lee Jones wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, 05 Sep 2017, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 05 Sep 2017 09:24:51 +0200, > > > > > Lee Jones wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 04 Sep 2017, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > This patch adds the MFD driver for Dollar Cove (TI version) PMIC with > > > > > > > ACPI INT33F5 that is found on some Intel Cherry Trail devices. > > > > > > > The driver is based on the original work by Intel, found at: > > > > > > > https://github.com/01org/ProductionKernelQuilts > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is a minimal version for adding the basic resources. Currently, > > > > > > > only ACPI PMIC opregion and the external power-button are used. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193891 > > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > > v4->v5: > > > > > > > * Minor coding-style fixes suggested by Lee > > > > > > > * Put GPL text > > > > > > > v3->v4: > > > > > > > * no change for this patch > > > > > > > v2->v3: > > > > > > > * Rename dc_ti with chtdc_ti in all places > > > > > > > * Driver/kconfig renames accordingly > > > > > > > * Added acks by Andy and Mika > > > > > > > v1->v2: > > > > > > > * Minor cleanups as suggested by Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > drivers/mfd/Kconfig | 13 +++ > > > > > > > drivers/mfd/Makefile | 1 + > > > > > > > drivers/mfd/intel_soc_pmic_chtdc_ti.c | 184 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > > 3 files changed, 198 insertions(+) > > > > > > > create mode 100644 drivers/mfd/intel_soc_pmic_chtdc_ti.c > > > > > > > > > > > > For my own reference: > > > > > > Acked-for-MFD-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > Now the question is how to deal with these. It's no critical things, > > > > > so I'm OK to postpone for 4.15. OTOH, it's really a new > > > > > device-specific stuff, thus it can't break anything else, and it'd be > > > > > fairly safe to add it for 4.14 although it's at a bit late stage. > > > > > > > > Yes, you are over 2 weeks late for v4.14. It will have to be v4.15. > > > > > > OK, I'll ring your bells again once when 4.15 development is opened. > > > > > > > > > > > IMO, it'd be great if you can carry all stuff through MFD tree; or > > > > > create an immutable branch (again). But how to handle it, when to do > > > > > it, It's all up to you guys. > > > > > > > > If there aren't any build dependencies between the patches, each of > > > > the patches should be applied through their own trees. What are the > > > > build-time dependencies? Are there any? > > > > > > No, there is no strict build-time dependency. It's just that I don't > > > see it nice to have a commit for a dead code, partly for testing > > > purpose and partly for code consistency. But if this makes > > > maintenance easier, I'm happy with that, too, of course. > > > > There won't be any dead code. All of the subsystem trees are pulled > > into -next [0] where the build bots can operate on the patches as a > > whole. > > But the merge order isn't guaranteed, i.e. at the commit of other tree > for this new stuff, it's a dead code without merging the MFD stuff > beforehand. e.g. Imagine to perform the git bisection. It's not > about the whole tree, but about the each commit. Only *building* is relevant for bisection until the whole feature lands. No one is going to bisect the function of a feature until it is present. So long as there aren't any build-time dependencies then we're good, > And I won't be surprised if 0-day build bot gets a new feature to > inspect the kconfig files, spot a dead kconfig entry and warn > maintainers at each commit, too :) 0-days don't check for that and static analysers only check releases. -- Lee Jones Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog
