linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] Add auxiliary bus support

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Date:   Sun, 15 Nov 2020 08:48:02 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     "Ertman, David M" <david.m.ertman@...el.com>,
        "alsa-devel@...a-project.org" <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
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        "Saleem, Shiraz" <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] Add auxiliary bus support

On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 12:21:39AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 04:07:57PM +0000, Ertman, David M wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2020 7:50 AM
> > > To: Ertman, David M <david.m.ertman@...el.com>
> > > Cc: alsa-devel@...a-project.org; tiwai@...e.de; broonie@...nel.org; linux-
> > > rdma@...r.kernel.org; jgg@...dia.com; dledford@...hat.com;
> > > netdev@...r.kernel.org; davem@...emloft.net; kuba@...nel.org;
> > > ranjani.sridharan@...ux.intel.com; pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com;
> > > fred.oh@...ux.intel.com; parav@...lanox.com; Saleem, Shiraz
> > > <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>; Williams, Dan J <dan.j.williams@...el.com>;
> > > Patil, Kiran <kiran.patil@...el.com>; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> > > leonro@...dia.com
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] Add auxiliary bus support
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 05:33:29PM -0700, Dave Ertman wrote:
> > > > Add support for the Auxiliary Bus, auxiliary_device and auxiliary_driver.
> > > > It enables drivers to create an auxiliary_device and bind an
> > > > auxiliary_driver to it.
> > > >
> > > > The bus supports probe/remove shutdown and suspend/resume callbacks.
> > > > Each auxiliary_device has a unique string based id; driver binds to
> > > > an auxiliary_device based on this id through the bus.
> > > >
> > > > Co-developed-by: Kiran Patil <kiran.patil@...el.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Kiran Patil <kiran.patil@...el.com>
> > > > Co-developed-by: Ranjani Sridharan <ranjani.sridharan@...ux.intel.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Ranjani Sridharan <ranjani.sridharan@...ux.intel.com>
> > > > Co-developed-by: Fred Oh <fred.oh@...ux.intel.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Fred Oh <fred.oh@...ux.intel.com>
> > > > Co-developed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
> > > > Reviewed-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>
> > > > Reviewed-by: Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>
> > > > Reviewed-by: Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
> > > > Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@...el.com>
> > > > ---
> > >
> > > Is this really the "latest" version of this patch submission?
> > >
> > > I see a number of comments on it already, have you sent out a newer one,
> > > or is this the same one that the mlx5 driver conversion was done on top
> > > of?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > greg k-h
> >
> > V3 is the latest sent so far.  There was a suggestion that v3 might be merged and
> > the documentation changes could be in a follow up patch.  I have those changes done
> > and ready though, so no reason not to merge them in and do a resend.
> >
> > Please expect v4 in just a little while.
>
> Thank you, follow-up patches aren't usually a good idea :)

The changes were in documentation area that will be changed
anyway after dust will settle and we all see real users and
more or less stable in-kernel API.

Thanks