linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "regulator: fixed: add support for ACPI interface"

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Message-ID: <20170125204124.om2ndjiinac62jmv@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Wed, 25 Jan 2017 20:41:24 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:     Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "regulator: fixed: add support for ACPI interface"

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 07:30:09PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> This reverts commit 13bed58ce8748d430a26e353a09b89f9d613a71f.
> 
> While there does appear to be a practical need to manage regulators on ACPI
> systems, using ad-hoc properties to describe regulators to the kernel presents
> a number of problems (especially should ACPI gain first class support for such
> things), and there are ongoing discussions as to how to manage this.

Please submit patches using subject lines reflecting the style for the
subsystem.  This makes it easier for people to identify relevant
patches.  Look at what existing commits in the area you're changing are
doing and make sure your subject lines visually resemble what they're
doing.

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