linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 4/6] mfd: ioc3: Add driver for SGI IOC3 chip

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Message-ID: <20191016103813.24447c64@cakuba.netronome.com>
Date:   Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:38:13 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoerfer@...e.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 4/6] mfd: ioc3: Add driver for SGI IOC3 chip

On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:23:21 +0200, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:23:49 -0700
> Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 14:09:49 +0200, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:  
> > > SGI IOC3 chip has integrated ethernet, keyboard and mouse interface.
> > > It also supports connecting a SuperIO chip for serial and parallel
> > > interfaces. IOC3 is used inside various SGI systemboards and add-on
> > > cards with different equipped external interfaces.
> > > 
> > > Support for ethernet and serial interfaces were implemented inside
> > > the network driver. This patchset moves out the not network related
> > > parts to a new MFD driver, which takes care of card detection,
> > > setup of platform devices and interrupt distribution for the subdevices.
> > > 
> > > Serial portion: Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > > Acked-for-MFD-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoerfer@...e.de>  
> > 
> > Looks good, I think.  
> 
> thank you. 
> 
> Now how do I get an Acked-by for the network part to merge it via
> the MIPS tree ?

Oh, via the MIPS tree? It was quite unclear which these would land it,
at least to an untrained mind like mine :) It could be useful to
provide some info on how you want this merged and what you expect from
whom in the cover letter in the future.

Hopefully Dave will be able to give you an official ack.