linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] rtc-at91rm9200: add shadow interrupt mask

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Date:	Thu, 30 May 2013 09:50:27 +0200
From:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
To:	Robert Nelson <robertcnelson@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>
CC:	Robert Nelson <Robert.Nelson@...ikey.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@...el.com>,
	Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@...erlog.com>,
	Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] rtc-at91rm9200: add shadow interrupt mask

On 29/05/2013 22:41, Robert Nelson :
> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Andrew Morton
> <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 May 2013 10:38:50 +0200 Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This is an update of the shadow-interrupt-mask series against v3.10-rc2.
>>>
>>> I guess we need Atmel to confirm that all sam9x5 SoCs are indeed
>>> affected. If not, then some probing mechanism as the one Doug suggested
>>> could be implemented on top of (a subset of) these patches. What do you
>>> say, Nicolas?
>>>
>>> Note that the first patch (adding a missing OF compile guard) could be
>>> applied straight away.
>>
>> At this stage it is unclear to me how to proceed with patches 2-5.
>
> fyi:
>
> A version of these patches had been applied once before:
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ef1594c017521ea89278e80fe3f80dafb17abde
>
> But due to a few issues it was later reverted:
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e24b0bfa2f0446ffaad2661040be23668133aef8

This new revision doesn't have the issue encountered by first version.

Andrew,

The review of this patch series was in my TODO list for some time...

Today, I magically took time to review it ;-)
The patch series is good and I (even if it is too late) here is my:

Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>

I do not know if the series can be stacked for inclusion in 3.10-rc but 
the resolution of this bug can help a lot (as Douglas is saying in 
subsequent email...).

Best regards,
-- 
Nicolas Ferre
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