Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] iio: temperature: mlx90632: Add powermanagement

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Sun, 2 Oct 2022 16:36:39 +0200
Crt Mori <cmo@melexis.com> wrote:

> >> I sure hope you mean 6.1 material... It would be great to get into 6.0
> >> as i think that is a most likely candidate also for Android kernel
> >> baseline (which is what I am also targeting).  
> >
> > Sorry, I do mean 6.2.
> >
> > The merge window for 6.0 was months ago and we have to line 6.1 material
> > up a week or so before the 6.1 merge window (which probably starts today).
> > That allows us to get build bots and similar results before the merge window
> > and with time to fix any issues.
> >
> > So unfortunately this will only be in a released kernel in about 6 months time:
> > 3 months for the 6.1 cycle that this just missed and then it'll go into Linus'
> > mainline tree, but the release will still be 3 months after that.
> >
> > In the meantime it'll be in linux-next from just after 6.1-rc1, and in
> > Linus' tree for 6.2-rc1.
> >
> > Kernel cycles are short for a bit project, but they still have about
> > 3 to 6 month delay for new code reaching a release.  This just happened
> > to hit the maximum.
> >
> > Jonathan  
> 
> OK, then fingers crossed we get rc8, as then I imagine you could put
> this series into the 6.1 right? Would be really grateful if it would
> not take 6 months to get this into mainline.

Pretty unlikely as last Sunday Linus indicated that he was expecting to
release new kernel today :(

Note it'll be in mainline in 3 months, just not in a release because those
take just under 3 months.

Jonathan


> 
> Crt
> 
> On Sun, 2 Oct 2022 at 13:25, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:20:16 +0200
> > Crt Mori <cmo@melexis.com> wrote:
> >  
> > > On Sat, 24 Sept 2022 at 18:32, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> wrote:  
> > > >  
> > > > > The sensor runtime suspension is set to MLX90632_SLEEP_DELAY_MS which is
> > > > > hardcoded to 3 times as much as MEAS_MAX_TIME.
> > > > >  
> > > > Hi Crt,
> > > >
> > > > Applied. However, we are cutting it very tight for the coming merge window
> > > > so I'm not sure I'll get a 3rd pull request out (this just missed the 2nd
> > > > one as I only queued up material that was in a final state last weekend)
> > > > So for now pushed out as testing and we'll see if Linus hints at an rc8
> > > > when he releases rc7 tomorrow.  If not this will be 6.2 material now.
> > > >  
> > > I sure hope you mean 6.1 material... It would be great to get into 6.0
> > > as i think that is a most likely candidate also for Android kernel
> > > baseline (which is what I am also targeting).  
> >
> > Sorry, I do mean 6.2.
> >
> > The merge window for 6.0 was months ago and we have to line 6.1 material
> > up a week or so before the 6.1 merge window (which probably starts today).
> > That allows us to get build bots and similar results before the merge window
> > and with time to fix any issues.
> >
> > So unfortunately this will only be in a released kernel in about 6 months time:
> > 3 months for the 6.1 cycle that this just missed and then it'll go into Linus'
> > mainline tree, but the release will still be 3 months after that.
> >
> > In the meantime it'll be in linux-next from just after 6.1-rc1, and in
> > Linus' tree for 6.2-rc1.
> >
> > Kernel cycles are short for a bit project, but they still have about
> > 3 to 6 month delay for new code reaching a release.  This just happened
> > to hit the maximum.
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> >  
> > >  
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Jonathan
> > > >
> > > >  
> >