linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] FPGA DFL Changes for 5.12

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Date:   Sun, 10 Jan 2021 09:05:46 -0800
From:   Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>
To:     Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
Cc:     Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        "linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, moritzf@...gle.com,
        Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>,
        Zheng Yongjun <zhengyongjun3@...wei.com>,
        Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@...el.com>,
        "Gerlach, Matthew" <matthew.gerlach@...el.com>,
        Sonal Santan <sonal.santan@...inx.com>,
        Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...el.com>,
        Richard Gong <richard.gong@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] FPGA DFL Changes for 5.12

Tom,

On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 07:46:29AM -0800, Tom Rix wrote:
> 
> On 1/7/21 8:09 AM, Tom Rix wrote:
> > On 1/6/21 8:37 PM, Moritz Fischer wrote:
> >> This is a resend of the previous (unfortunately late) patchset of
> >> changes for FPGA DFL.
> > Is there something I can do to help ?
> >
> > I am paid to look after linux-fpga, so i have plenty of time.
> >
> > Some ideas of what i am doing now privately i can do publicly.
> >
> > 1. keep linux-fpga sync-ed to greg's branch so linux-fpga is normally in a pullable state.

Is it not? It currently points to v5.11-rc1. If I start applying patches
that require the changes that went into Greg's branch I can merge.
> >
> > 2. an in-flight dev branch for the outstanding patches 
> 
> I have setup these branches based on Greg's char-misc-next
> 
> fpga-next, which is char-misc-next base for fpga-testing
> 
> fpga-testing, all the in-flight patches that would apply with automatic merge conflict resolution
> 
> These are respectively
> 
> https://github.com/trixirt/linux-fpga/tree/fpga-next
> 
> https://github.com/trixirt/linux-fpga/tree/fpga-testing

Feel free to have your own repos/branches etc, but I'd like to keep the
offical trees on kernel.org.

Tbh I'd much rather see the patchwork instance be cleaned up if you want
to do stuff.
> 
> 
> There are two trivial changes, that could go to 5.12 now.
> 
> fpga: dfl: fme: Constify static attribute_group structs
> 
> fpga: Use DEFINE_SPINLOCK() for spinlock
> 
> respectively
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fpga/20210108235414.48017-1-rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com/
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fpga/20201228135135.28788-1-zhengyongjun3@huawei.com/

I was going to pick them up monday ...
> 
> 
> There are a couple of patchsets that conflict
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fpga/20210105230855.15019-7-russell.h.weight@intel.com/
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fpga/20201203171548.1538178-3-matthew.gerlach@linux.intel.com/

Conflict between what and what?
 
> And the xilinx patchset
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fpga/20201217075046.28553-1-sonals@xilinx.com/
> 
> Which is being split/worked on offline.

I'm not sure what that means.
> 
> 
> If I have missed any patchset, poke me.
> 
> Tom

- Moritz