linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] pinctrl: meson: g12a fixes

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Date:   Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:53:36 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>
Cc:     Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:ARM/Amlogic Meson..." <linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] pinctrl: meson: g12a fixes

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 11:23 AM Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com> wrote:

> This patchset fixes the initial pinctrl support added for th g12a SoC
> family, which is mainly around the register regions claimed by the
> driver.
>
> Linus, would it possible for you to provide a tag with these changes to
> Kevin ?

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-pinctrl.git/log/?h=ib-meson-fixes

> ATM, we can only use the devices for which the pinmux is already set by
> the bootloader. Enabling the broken pinctrl driver could cause regressions
> in kernelCI. Having a tag, would allow us to start using pinctrl on this
> SoC in this cycle, w/o regression. It would be nice :)

When you say "this cycle" do you mean I should target fixes (v5.0-rcN)
or next (v5.1) with these patches?

Yours,
Linus Walleij