linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "thermal: mediatek: fix register index error"

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Message-ID: <7aa6c0a5-3fc4-fd27-ece8-d062078c6faa@linaro.org>
Date:   Wed, 15 Jul 2020 11:19:08 +0200
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Collabora Kernel ML <kernel@...labora.com>, matthias.bgg@...il.com,
        drinkcat@...omium.org, hsinyi@...omium.org,
        Michael Kao <michael.kao@...iatek.com>,
        Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@...durent.com>,
        Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "thermal: mediatek: fix register index error"

On 07/07/2020 12:34, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote:
> This reverts commit eb9aecd90d1a39601e91cd08b90d5fee51d321a6
> 
> The above patch is supposed to fix a register index error on mt2701. It
> is not clear if the problem solved is a hang or just an invalid value
> returned, my guess is the second. The patch introduces, though, a new
> hang on MT8173 device making them unusable. So, seems reasonable, revert
> the patch because introduces a worst issue.
> 
> The reason I send a revert instead of trying to fix the issue for MT8173
> is because the information needed to fix the issue is in the datasheet
> and is not public. So I am not really able to fix it.
> 
> Fixes the following bug when CONFIG_MTK_THERMAL is set on MT8173
> devices.

Applied for v5.8-rc6


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