linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] omap: Fix broken address translation for pbias

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Date:	Fri, 4 Sep 2015 16:33:26 +0530
From:	Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>
To:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
CC:	<t-kristo@...com>, <bcousson@...libre.com>,
	<linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>, <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	<nsekhar@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] omap: Fix broken address translation for pbias

Hi Tony,

On Thursday 03 September 2015 08:40 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com> [150903 04:31]:
>> pbias device stopped having memory resource after
>> "ARM: dts: <platform>: add minimal l4 bus layout with control module
>> support" got merged. This results in platform_get_resource returning
>> -EINVAL in pbias driver. This is because address translation fails
>> while trying to convert the address to resource which happens
>> during the device creation process during boot up.
>>
>> Even though after [1], reg property in pbias dt node is un-used,
>> it might be an issue if we plan to use it at a later point of time.
>>
>> Patch series is created on top of [1].
>>
>> [1] -> https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/9/3/51
>>
>> Verified the address in omap4 panda, omap5 uevm and dra72 boards.
> 
> Your other series is obviously needed for v4.3.. But seems these
> are also needed for stable? If so, which versions, v4.2+?

Both the series are needed from v4.1+. However since the 'reg' property
is not going to be used, I'm not sure if this series has to be marked
for stable.
> 
> Can you please just do a single patch with multiple Fixes tags
> as they fix regression for multiple commits? Doing tons of one
> liner patches for the same thing just creates commit log noise..

Sure.
> 
> Remember to not Cc stable when posting, I'll add that tag when
> committing if needed.

Sure.

Thanks
Kishon
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