Re: [PATCH v6 00/12] platform/x86: introduce p2sb_bar() helper

From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>, Wolfram Sang <wsa@kernel.org>,
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	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
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	Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>,
	Mark Gross <markgross@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 00/12] platform/x86: introduce p2sb_bar() helper
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2022 08:42:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YqBS8I62YBPFC9iS@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220606164138.66535-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

On Mon, 06 Jun 2022, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

> There are a few users that would like to utilize P2SB mechanism of hiding
> and unhiding a device from the PCI configuration space.
> 
> Here is the series to consolidate p2sb handling code for existing users
> and to provide a generic way for new comer(s).
> 
> It also includes a patch to enable GPIO controllers on Apollo Lake
> when it's used with ABL bootloader w/o ACPI support.
> 
> The patch that brings the helper ("platform/x86/intel: Add Primary to
> Sideband (P2SB) bridge support") has a commit message that sheds a light
> on what the P2SB is and why this is needed.
> 
> I have tested this on Apollo Lake platform (I'm able to see SPI NOR and
> since we have an ACPI device for GPIO I do not see any attempts to recreate
> one).
> 
> The series is ready to be merged via MFD tree, but see below.
> 
> The series also includes updates for Simatic IPC drivers that partially
> tagged by respective maintainers (the main question is if Pavel is okay
> with the last three patches, since I believe Hans is okay with removing
> some code under PDx86). Hence the first 8 patches can be merged right
> away and the rest when Pavel does his review.

Can we just wait for Pavel's review, then merge them all at once?

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