linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V4 00/27] C-SKY(csky) Linux Kernel Port

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Message-ID: <20180916010729.GA18279@guoren-Inspiron-7460>
Date:   Sun, 16 Sep 2018 09:07:30 +0800
From:   Guo Ren <ren_guo@...ky.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        DTML <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        c-sky_gcc_upstream@...ky.com, gnu-csky@...tor.com,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
        wbx@...ibc-ng.org, Greentime Hu <green.hu@...il.com>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 00/27] C-SKY(csky) Linux Kernel Port

On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 04:30:36PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 3:25 PM Guo Ren <ren_guo@...ky.com> wrote:
> >
> > This is the 3th version patchset to add the Linux kernel port for C-SKY(csky).
> > Thanks to everyone who provided feedback on the previous version.
> >
> > This patchset adds architecture support to Linux for C-SKY's 32-bit embedded
> > CPU cores and the patches are based on linux-4.18.4
> >
> > There are two ABI versions with several CPU cores in this patchset:
> >   ABIv1: ck610 (16-bit instruction, 32-bit data path, VIPT Cache ...)
> >   ABIv2: ck807 ck810 ck860 (16/32-bit variable length instruction, PIPT Cache,
> >          SMP ...)
> >
> > More information: http://en.c-sky.com
> 
> This looks good to me overall. I think a good next step would be to get the port
> included in linux-next, by preparing a git tree with all the patches and asking
> Stephen Rothwell to include it there. Further comments on the architecture
> port itself can be done on top of the existing patches. I would suggest you
> base the git tree on an -rc release (either 4.19-rc1 or 4.19-rc3) and then never
> rebase again.
Another question:
Could I add "Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>" in all my comments?

Best Regards
 Guo Ren