Re: [PATCH 0/4] PCI: brcmstb: Revert subdevice regulator stuff

From: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>
To: Jim Quinlan <jim2101024@gmail.com>
Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>,
	Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>,
	Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@kernel.org>,
	bcm-kernel-feedback-list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com>,
	linux-pci <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
	regressions@lists.linux.dev, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] PCI: brcmstb: Revert subdevice regulator stuff
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 18:18:10 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220627231810.GA1790539@bhelgaas> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220621233257.GA1342369@bhelgaas>

On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 06:32:59PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 02:59:02PM -0400, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> > ...
> 
> > The original patchset was and is controversial, as it is basically a
> > square peg that does not fit nicely into a round Linux hole. It took
> > 11 versions of following reviewers' suggestions until it was
> > accepted.  And now it has been reverted, I am wondering if it will
> > ever be let in again or whether I should even try.
> 
> The original patchset [1] may have been controversial, but that's not
> the issue here.  The only thing we need to solve here is to post the
> four patches I reverted with a tiny change to one of them to avoid the
> regression.  I don't think that should be a problem.

I'll be on vacation until July 7 or 8.  Just a heads-up so you know
it's not that I'm ignoring anything you may post in the meantime.

Bjorn

> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220106160332.2143-1-jim2101024@gmail.com