linux-kernel - Re: [External] Re: [PATCH 0/2] IdeaPad platform profile support

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Date:   Tue, 5 Jan 2021 11:28:13 +0100
From:   Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
To:     Mark Pearson <markpearson@...ovo.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Mark Gross <mgross@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ike Panhc <ike.pan@...onical.com>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [External] Re: [PATCH 0/2] IdeaPad platform profile support

Hi,

On 1/4/21 10:58 PM, Mark Pearson wrote:
> On 04/01/2021 15:58, Hans de Goede wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 1/4/21 9:33 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 3:36 PM Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On 1/1/21 1:56 PM, Jiaxun Yang wrote:
>>>>> Tested on Lenovo Yoga-14SARE Chinese Edition.
>>>>>
> <snip>
>>
>>> Also, on a somewhat related note, I'm afraid that it may not be a 
>>> good idea to push this series for 5.11-rc in the face of recent 
>>> objections against new material going in after the merge window.
>>
>> That is fine with me, since this did not make rc1 (nor rc2) I'm not 
>> entirely comfortable with sending out a late pull-req for the pdx86 
>> side of this either, so lets postpone this to 5.12 (sorry Mark).
> It is what it is.
> 
>>
>> Rafael, once we have the discussion with the passing a pointer back 
>> to the drivers data thing resolved (and a patch merged for that if we
>> go that route) can you provide me with an immutable branch to merge
>> into pdx86/for-next so that I can then merge the pdx86 bits on top ?
>>
>> Note this does not need to be done right now around say rc4 would be
>>  fine, so that we have some time for the patches currently in 
>> bleeding-edge to settle a bit.
>>
> Just for my understanding of what happens next....please correct me if I
> have anything wrong:
> 
>  - platform_profile gets pulled from ACPI for 5.11
> 
>  - platform_profile gets updated to add this data/pointer implementation
> and goes into 5.12. Jiaxun, let me know if you're happy with following
> up on that based on Hans suggestions, If you are pushed for time let me
> know and I'll happily help out/implement/test as required. I sadly don't
> have any ideapads but very happy to support your efforts any way I can.
> 
>  - Can we get the x86 portion done at the same time or does that end up
> going to 5.13?

No, the plan is to get it all in 5.12. This is why I asked Rafael for
an immutable branch with the ACPI bits, then I can merge that branch
into pdx86/for-next and then apply the thinkpad and ideapad patches on
top, all for 5.12 .

Regards,

Hans