linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] gpiolib: Bind gpio_device to a driver to enable fw

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Date:   Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:01:19 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Cc:     Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Jisheng Zhang <Jisheng.Zhang@...aptics.com>,
        Kever Yang <kever.yang@...k-chips.com>,
        Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] gpiolib: Bind gpio_device to a driver to enable
 fw_devlink=on by default

On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 03:58:29PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 2021-01-20 15:48, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 03:39:30PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> 
> > > Anyway, I said what I had to say. If platforms break with this
> > > change, I'll expect it to be disabled in 5.12.
> > 
> > I'm thinking we can not change the default and will probably revert this
> > patch "soon".
> 
> I think there is a lot of value in keeping this enabled for a bit,
> so that we can work out what breaks, and find solutions that scale
> a bit better.

Ok, will leave it alone for a few more weeks.

thanks,

greg k-h