Re: [PATCH 2/2] usb: typec: intel_pmc_mux: Check the port status before connect

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 06:04:51AM +0000, Mani, Rajmohan wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 12:05 AM
> > To: Mani, Rajmohan <rajmohan.mani@intel.com>
> > Cc: Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org>; Andy Shevchenko
> > <andy@infradead.org>; Mika Westerberg
> > <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>; Dmitry Torokhov
> > <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>; Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>; Ayman
> > Bagabas <ayman.bagabas@gmail.com>; Masahiro Yamada
> > <masahiroy@kernel.org>; Joseph, Jithu <jithu.joseph@intel.com>; Blaž
> > Hrastnik <blaz@mxxn.io>; Srinivas Pandruvada
> > <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> > platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org; Heikki Krogerus
> > <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>; linux-usb@vger.kernel.org;
> > pmalani@chromium.org; bleung@chromium.org
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] usb: typec: intel_pmc_mux: Check the port status
> > before connect
> > 
> > On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 05:33:10PM -0700, Rajmohan Mani wrote:
> > > From: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
> > >
> > > The PMC microcontroller that we use for configuration, does not supply
> > > any status information back. For port status we need to talk to
> > > another controller on the board called IOM (I/O manager).
> > >
> > > By checking the port status before configuring the muxes, we can make
> > > sure that we do not reconfigure the port after bootup when the system
> > > firmware (for example BIOS) has already configured it.
> > >
> > > Using the status information also to check if DisplayPort HPD is still
> > > asserted when the cable plug is disconnected, and clearing it if it
> > > is.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
> > 
> > You can't just forward on patches from others without also adding your
> > signed-off-by to them, right?
> > 
> 
> Sorry I missed this.
> 
> > Please fix up this series and try again.
> > 
> 
> Ack. Will fix this with v2.

Stop and go talk to the proper people in Intel for how to submit patches
to the kernel as you are not following the rules they have documented
for you.

thanks,

greg k-h