linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] i2c: i2c-qcom-geni: Provide support for ACPI

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Message-ID: <20190612104011.GA4660@dell>
Date:   Wed, 12 Jun 2019 11:40:11 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Cc:     alokc@...eaurora.org, andy.gross@...aro.org,
        david.brown@...aro.org, wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com,
        bjorn.andersson@...aro.org, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
        balbi@...nel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org, jlhugo@...il.com,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] i2c: i2c-qcom-geni: Provide support for ACPI

On Wed, 12 Jun 2019, Wolfram Sang wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 09:42:06AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > Add a match table to allow automatic probing of ACPI device
> > QCOM0220.  Ignore clock attainment errors.  Set default clock
> > frequency value.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> 
> Sadly, there is no cover-letter describing if there is a dependency or
> not. I assume there is, otherwise I would get the I2C patches only? But
> what is the suggested way upstream then?

There are no cross-subsystem build dependencies on any of these
patches.  The only reason they are bundled together in the same
patch-set is for cross-subsystem visibility and understanding.

There is wide interest in these devices.

> Also, the current maintainer entry for this driver looks like:
> 
> drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qcom-geni.c:
>         Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org> (maintainer:ARM/QUALCOMM SUPPORT)
>         David Brown <david.brown@...aro.org> (maintainer:ARM/QUALCOMM SUPPORT)
>         Alok Chauhan <alokc@...eaurora.org> (supporter:QUALCOMM GENERIC INTERFACE I2C DRIVER)
> 
> I didn't hear from those people yet, would be great to have their acks.

I will see if I can rouse them from their slumber.

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]
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