From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751856AbdIEIL2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Sep 2017 04:11:28 -0400 Received: from mail-wr0-f170.google.com ([209.85.128.170]:35865 "EHLO mail-wr0-f170.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751806AbdIEILX (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Sep 2017 04:11:23 -0400 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADKCNb4OjtM6T3EAUMOr7/pz5VDAkezpUblzVzBwP4GSyokY9ZmO/yTCGkr/qTU76bzdQGF3Bvs1uA== Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 09:11:19 +0100 From: Lee Jones To: Hans de Goede Cc: Takashi Iwai , Darren Hart , Andy Shevchenko , "Rafael J . Wysocki" , Mika Westerberg , Johannes Stezenbach , Dmitry Torokhov , platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] mfd: Add support for Cherry Trail Dollar Cove TI PMIC Message-ID: <20170905081119.ewzdju5fiwah5g2n@dell> References: <20170904144340.27693-1-tiwai@suse.de> <20170904144340.27693-2-tiwai@suse.de> <20170905072451.ephscqjqgwpnl6da@dell> <93a46383-1e32-679e-c36f-35156e666382@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <93a46383-1e32-679e-c36f-35156e666382@redhat.com> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 05 Sep 2017, Hans de Goede wrote: > Hi, > > On 05-09-17 09:46, 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 > > > > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko > > > > Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai > > > > --- > > > > 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 > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > Since the mfd driver only instantiates platform devices there > is only a runtime dependency between the drivers AFAICT so each > driver can be merged through it own subsystem without problem / > without the need for an immutable branch, or am I missing something ? Seconded. -- Lee Jones Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog