linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] gpio: davinci: fix gpio selection for OF

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Date:	Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:45:12 +0100
From:	Alexander Holler <holler@...oftware.de>
To:	Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
CC:	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com" 
	<davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com>,
	Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	Prabhakar Lad <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] gpio: davinci: fix gpio selection for OF

Am 18.03.2014 09:37, schrieb Sekhar Nori:

> It is safe - at the least it does not break anything that is already
> working. I guess the decision to put it into -rc depends on whether you
> consider out of tree dtbs to be a valid usecase for the kernel.

That's all DT is about, getting rid of the necessity for in-tree 
hw-descriptions. ;)

But I don't need any rush here, I'm just unable to understand why the 
-rc phase isn't used for bug fixing as I believe that's what this phase 
is for.

Most people are unable to track the various -next trees, therefor many 
failures only come up when stuff reaches mainline where it might be 
tested by some more people. And if all bugs found in the -rc phase are 
fixed in -next only, the -rc phase would be useless.

And it just happened to me too often, that even silly bugfixes (like 
oneliners) needed between 5 and 9 months to reach a stable kernel and 
thus users.

Regards,

Alexander Holler
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