linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] firmware: include drivers/firmware/Kconfig unconditionally

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Date:   Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:22:59 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com>,
        Simon Trimmer <simont@...nsource.cirrus.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] firmware: include drivers/firmware/Kconfig unconditionally

On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 1:58 PM Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 09:50:26AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>
> > Not sure how we'd want to merge this patch, if two other things
> > need it. I'd prefer to merge it along with the QCOM_SCM change
> > through the soc tree, but that leaves the cirrus firmware broken
> > unless we also merge it the same way (rather than through ASoC
> > as it is now).
>
> We could also merge a tag into both places.

I wonder if I should just take my two patches as bugfixes for 5.15,
after all they do address real build failures. In that case, all  you need
is a merge with 5.15-rc4 or higher.

      Arnd