linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v14] i2c: virtio: add a virtio i2c frontend driver

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Date:   Thu, 22 Jul 2021 08:06:37 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:     Jie Deng <jie.deng@...el.com>, wsa@...nel.org,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com,
        mst@...hat.com, arnd@...db.de, jasowang@...hat.com,
        andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, yu1.wang@...el.com,
        shuo.a.liu@...el.com, conghui.chen@...el.com, stefanha@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v14] i2c: virtio: add a virtio i2c frontend driver

On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 10:44:33AM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 09-07-21, 10:25, Jie Deng wrote:
> > Add an I2C bus driver for virtio para-virtualization.
> > 
> > The controller can be emulated by the backend driver in
> > any device model software by following the virtio protocol.
> > 
> > The device specification can be found on
> > https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/202101/msg00008.html.
> > 
> > By following the specification, people may implement different
> > backend drivers to emulate different controllers according to
> > their needs.
> > 
> > Co-developed-by: Conghui Chen <conghui.chen@...el.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Conghui Chen <conghui.chen@...el.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jie Deng <jie.deng@...el.com>
> > ---
> > Changes v13 -> v14
> > 	- Put the headers in virtio_i2c.h in alphabetical order.
> > 	- Dropped I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_QUICK support.
> > 	- Dropped few unnecessary variables and checks.
> > 	- Use "num" everywhere instead of num or nr, to be consistent.
> > 	- Added few comments which make the design more clear. 
> 
> Wolfram,
> 
> Is it still possible to queue this for 5.14 ?

No new features are allowed for 5.14, you know this.  It's but fixes
only now.

thanks,

greg k-h