linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/9] rtc: bd70528: Drop BD70528 support

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Date:   Tue, 25 May 2021 15:08:52 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     "Vaittinen, Matti" <Matti.Vaittinen@...rohmeurope.com>
Cc:     "wim@...ux-watchdog.org" <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        "sre@...nel.org" <sre@...nel.org>,
        "linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] rtc: bd70528: Drop BD70528 support

On 25/05/2021 11:59:58+0000, Vaittinen, Matti wrote:
> And in any case applying the MFD and RTC patches should be synced. RTC
> parts should be applied before MFD parts because few other PMICs use
> this same RTC driver and compilation would fail with missing headers if
> MFD was removed before RTC changes are applied.
> 
> Suggestions on how to guarantee the order of MFD and RTC - and how to
> resolve conflicts?
> 

The easiest is to take the RTC patches in one cycle and the rest in
the next cycle.


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Alexandre Belloni, co-owner and COO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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