linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/21] MHI changes for v5.10

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Message-ID: <20200929161319.GC1326743@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:13:19 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>
Cc:     hemantk@...eaurora.org, bbhatt@...eaurora.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, jhugo@...eaurora.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvalo@...eaurora.org,
        ath11k@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/21] MHI changes for v5.10

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 08:58:34PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 09:39:30AM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> > 
> > Here is the MHI series for v5.10 cycle. Most of the patches are cleanups
> > in the MHI stack. Notable changes are below:
> > 
> > * Saving the client device hardware information obtained through the BHI
> >   protocol. This information will be exposed through sysfs to make use in
> >   the userland applications.
> > * Introduce sysfs entries to read the serial number and OEM PK hash values
> >   of the client device obtained from BHI protocol. Relevant API documentation
> >   is also added.
> > * Introduce debugfs entries to show MHI states, events, channels, register
> >   state etc... to aid debug.
> > * Remove the channel name from MHI device name as the device is not specific
> >   to channels. Used generic names instead!
> > * Fix the warning reported by Kbuild bot by using append (+=) Kbuild rule
> >   to the mhi/core Makefile.
> > * Introduce APIs to allocate and free MHI controllers. This is done to make
> >   sure that the allocated structs are initialized to NULL before passing to
> >   the MHI core.
> > * Remove the requirement to have a dedicated IRQ for each event ring.
> >   The MHI controllers can now use a single IRQ for all event rings.
> > * Remove the auto-start option for MHI channels. This is done to avoid
> >   receiving spurious uplink from MHI client device when the client driver
> >   is not up. The corresponding qrtr change is also included with Dave's ACK.
> > 
> > Please consider merging!
> > 
> 
> Can you please drop the below two patches while applying this series?
> 
> bus: mhi: Remove auto-start option
> net: qrtr: Start MHI channels during init
> 
> We realized that without these patches, net-next will be broken for QCA6390.
> Proper way to handle this is by using an immutable branch or by carrying the
> ath11k change through MHI tree. We decided to handle this in next merge window.
> 
> Or if you prefer to have a next revision of the series without these patches
> I can send it. Please let me know!

Please just send a new series, that way I "know" I got it right.

thanks,

greg k-h