linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 0/9] Fix broken DMAFLUSHP on Rockchips platform

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Date:	Mon, 8 Feb 2016 14:02:57 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
Cc:	Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>,
	Caesar Wang <caesar.upstream@...il.com>,
	Caesar Wang <wxt@...k-chips.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, shawn.lin@...k-chips.com,
	dianders@...omium.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Sonny Rao <sonnyrao@...omium.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/9] Fix broken DMAFLUSHP on Rockchips platform

On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 06:44:19PM +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 10:27:04AM +0100, Heiko Stuebner wrote:

> > I think the more regular way is for the driver maintainer to take the 
> > driver-specific stuff and the devicetree parts going through the specific arm-
> > tree. But if you really want to take the whole series, for patches 4,5,6

> Yes but that causes cross tree dependencies, which looking at this won't be
> a big problem, so I can safely merge dmaengine changes and rest can go thru
> ARM tree.

Not for the DT stuff - since the DT is supposed to be a stable ABI there
really shouldn't be any hard dependencies on things outside the DT.

> Typically submitter should say which tree he/she prefers, which was not
> provided..

It's the norm for DT stuff.

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