linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/12] macintosh: Resolve various PMU driver problems

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 13:08:50 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>, geert@...ux-m68k.org
Cc:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>,
        linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/12] macintosh: Resolve various PMU driver problems

Hi Finn, Geert,

Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au> writes:
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2018, I wrote:
>
>> Finn Thain (12):
>>   macintosh/via-pmu: Fix section mismatch warning
>>   macintosh/via-pmu: Add missing mmio accessors
>>   macintosh/via-pmu: Don't clear shift register interrupt flag twice
>>   macintosh/via-pmu: Enhance state machine with new 'uninitialized'
>>     state
>>   macintosh/via-pmu: Replace via pointer with via1 and via2 pointers
>>   macintosh/via-pmu: Add support for m68k PowerBooks
>>   macintosh/via-pmu: Make CONFIG_PPC_PMAC Kconfig deps explicit
>>   macintosh/via-pmu68k: Don't load driver on unsupported hardware
>>   macintosh/via-pmu: Replace via-pmu68k driver with via-pmu driver
>>   macintosh: Use common code to access RTC
>>   macintosh/via-pmu: Clean up interrupt statistics
>>   macintosh/via-pmu: Disambiguate interrupt statistics
>> 
>
> Patch 10/12 ("macintosh: Use common code to access RTC") conflicts with 
> Arnd's RTC work, but the rest of this series can still be reviewed and 
> merged as-is.

OK so you're saying we should drop 10/12 for now.

> I will rewrite patch 10/12 after Arnd's fixes and this series have all 
> made their way through both powerpc and m68k trees, and submit it 
> separately.

drivers/macintosh is supposedly maintained by Ben, but I'm not sure this
series is high on his todo list.

Should it just go in via the m68k tree?

Or I can create a topic branch to share it between ppc and m68k?

cheers