linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 00/32] HiSilicon SAS driver

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Date:	Thu, 19 Nov 2015 09:46:56 +0000
From:	John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
To:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
CC:	"JBottomley@...n.com" <JBottomley@...n.com>,
	"robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	"pawel.moll@....com" <pawel.moll@....com>,
	"mark.rutland@....com" <mark.rutland@....com>,
	"ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk" <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	"galak@...eaurora.org" <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	"arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linuxarm <linuxarm@...wei.com>,
	"john.garry2@...l.dcu.ie" <john.garry2@...l.dcu.ie>,
	"hare@...e.de" <hare@...e.de>, "xuwei (O)" <xuwei5@...ilicon.com>,
	"zhangfei.gao@...aro.org" <zhangfei.gao@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/32] HiSilicon SAS driver

On 19/11/2015 03:15, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
>>>>>> "John" == John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com> writes:
>
> John> thanks, please note that we still have the dependency on
> John> http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg452833.html
>
> John> Without it the driver can only be built into the kernel, and not
> John> as a module.
>
> I have your driver in a staging branch rather than the main 4.5 SCSI
> queue because I wanted to see what kind of additional fallout I'd get
> from the zeroday testing.
>
> It's not a problem for me to wait for that patch to go in (or take it
> through SCSI if that makes things easier).
>

The issue is the I don't know if Rob will approve the requested patch.

As an alternative I can make my driver not depend on it. So I could make 
a v6 patchset or just send a supplementary patch on top of v5 patchset.

Thanks,
John

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