linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: syscon: Add syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle

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Message-ID: <20201119083213.GV1869941@dell>
Date:   Thu, 19 Nov 2020 08:32:13 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
        Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Collabora Kernel ML <kernel@...labora.com>,
        Nicolas Boichat <drinkcat@...omium.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: syscon: Add
 syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle_optional() function.

On Wed, 18 Nov 2020, Matthias Brugger wrote:

> 
> 
> On 17/11/2020 17:40, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 5:07 PM Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 17 Nov 2020, Matthias Brugger wrote:
> > > > On 17/11/2020 13:37, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 17 Nov 2020, Matthias Brugger wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > If you want to go the route for me rebasing my tree on top of for-mfd-next
> > > > then I'd like to have at least a stable tag, so that it will be easier to
> > > > provide the pull-request later on. Would that be a compromise?
> > > 
> > > I don't usually provide immutable branches/tags unless I'm sharing
> > > topic branches for other maintainers to pick-up, in order to avoid
> > > merge conflicts.
> > 
> > I think that's what Matthias is planning to do though. If he wants
> > to send me a Mediatek specific branch for the soc tree, it needs to
> > be based on a stable commit in the mtd tree to avoid duplicating
> > the commit.
> > 
> 
> Exactly, I'm the maintainer of MediaTek SoCs and I would need to pull this
> patch into my tree to be able to accept the series I mentioned [1]. Can you
> provide me a stable tag/branch, against just that patch or against your
> whole tree?

Oh, I see.  I thought you wanted to develop on top of it.  Apologies.

PR to follow (I'll reply directly to the patch).

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