linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 03/11] vga-switcheroo: make PCI dependency explicit

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Message-ID: <7e3c5fa9-bd21-bb1f-f668-77d55a72d40a@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 24 Dec 2018 02:13:11 +0300
From:   Sinan Kaya <okaya@...nel.org>
To:     Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
Cc:     "open list:PCI SUBSYSTEM" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:DRM DRIVERS" <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        ACPI Devel Mailing List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sean Paul <sean@...rly.run>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/11] vga-switcheroo: make PCI dependency explicit

On 12/23/2018 8:15 PM, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 02:00:15AM +0300, Sinan Kaya wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 7:40 PM Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de> wrote:
>>> On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 09:07:12AM +0000, Sinan Kaya wrote:
>>>> This driver depends on the PCI infrastructure but the dependency has not
>>>> been explicitly called out.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@...nel.org>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
>>>
>>> This series doesn't have a cover letter so it's unclear to me through
>>> which tree it's supposed to go in?  Each patch through the individual
>>> subsystem tree or all through the same tree?  If the former I guess I
>>> could push this to drm-misc...
>>
>> Feel free to apply individual patches independently. Let me know which
>> one you applied so that I can drop them on the next rev.
> 
> I've realized only now that this patch fixes fallout of commit
> 5d32a66541c4 ("PCI/ACPI: Allow ACPI to be built without CONFIG_PCI set")
> which is part of Rafael's acpi pull for v4.21.
> 
> Usually such fixes go through the same tree as the offending commit,
> so I'd expect Raphael to pick up the whole series and forward it to
> Linus in the second half of the merge window.  I'm not sure if that's
> how it'll play out though given the holidays.

I'll do follow-up with Rafael. Apologize for not giving the full story.
Trying to get pieces out in the middle of vacation as there was a breakage.
I didn't have time to polish.