linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] MFD: intel_pmt: Add general DVSEC/VSEC support

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Date:   Thu, 19 Aug 2021 10:36:32 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc:     "David E. Box" <david.e.box@...ux.intel.com>,
        mgross@...ux.intel.com, bhelgaas@...gle.com,
        srinivas.pandruvada@...el.com, andy.shevchenko@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] MFD: intel_pmt: Add general DVSEC/VSEC support

On Wed, 18 Aug 2021, Hans de Goede wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On 8/18/21 12:40 AM, David E. Box wrote:
> > This patch enables general support for Intel defined PCIe VSEC and DVSEC
> > capabilities in the Intel Platform Monitoring Technology (PMT) driver.
> > Though the driver was written exclusively for PMT capabilities, newer DVSEC
> > and VSEC IDs for other capabilities can exist on the same device requiring
> > that the driver handle them.
> > 
> > This 2nd revision drops the creation of a separate OOBMSM driver. Instead,
> > all cell drivers will have a dependency on CONFIG_MFD_INTEL_PMT, whether or
> > not they are PMT. Changes in this patchset to the current cell drivers
> > located in platform/x86 are based on Hans for-next branch where they have
> > been moved to the intel/pmt subfolder.
> > 
> > David E. Box (5):
> >   PCI: Add #defines for accessing PCIE DVSEC fields
> >   MFD: intel_pmt: Support non-PMT capabilities
> >   MFD: intel_pmt: Add support for PCIe VSEC structures
> >   platform/x86: intel_pmt_telemetry: Ignore zero sized entries
> 
> Since this patch is pretty much a stand alone patch I've picked
> this one (4/5) up now.
> 
> The rest of the patches touch both MFD and pdx86 files, so these
> should be picked up by Lee. But they rely on the patch moving
> the pdx86 pmt code into the drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmt dir
> which is currently only available in my for-next branch.
> 
> I think it is probably best to wait for 5.15-rc1 and then Lee
> can merge the rest. Here is my ack for Lee picking up
> the pdx86 bits:
> 
> Acked-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
> 
> Lee, alternatively you could also merge commit e184b1e589a7fbb80bfdd0364c11422999a17a26
> from the pdx86 tree, that is only 1 commit ahead of my latest fixes
> pull-req to Linus for 5.14, so in essence that is 5.14-rc? (?=5 I think)
> + just the commit which you need as base, then you could still merge
> these this cycle. If you wish I can put a signed tag on that
> for you (I will treat it as immutable either way).

I'm happy to wait.

The MFD patches aren't even reviewed yet and it's late in the cycle.

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