linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: arizona: Update volatile registers for WM5110 DSP

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Message-ID: <20130917095407.GV16984@lee--X1>
Date:	Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:54:07 +0100
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	sameo@...ux.intel.com, patches@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: arizona: Update volatile registers for WM5110 DSP

> No problem sorry the commit message was a little vague there.
> Seems I accidentally generated the first version of this patch
> against the ASoC tree, but this got me thinking now you are
> looking after MFD patches which tree should I be generating them
> against?

That depends. If you are submitting MFD only patches and you base them
on either Sam's [1] or my tree [2], you probably won't go too far
wrong.

However, if your patch or patch-set touches other subsystems then the
latest -rc is usually appropriate.

> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 08:24:25AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Sep 2013, Charles Keepax wrote:
> > 
> > Any chance of a little more information in the commit message?
> > 
> > What are scratch registers and why are they required now where they
> > weren't before? Why are the control and clocking regulators no longer
> > needed?

[1] git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sameo/mfd-next.git - master
[2] git://git.linaro.org/people/ljones/mfd.git - for-mfd-next

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