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Message-ID: <Y5XcUtNInUJl98JP@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Sun, 11 Dec 2022 15:34:10 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
Cc:     Okan Sahin <okan.sahin@...log.com>, outreachy@...ts.linux.dev,
        Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Caleb Connolly <caleb.connolly@...aro.org>,
        Ramona Bolboaca <ramona.bolboaca@...log.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>,
        ChiYuan Huang <cy_huang@...htek.com>,
        Anand Ashok Dumbre <anand.ashok.dumbre@...inx.com>,
        William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@...aro.org>,
        Manish Narani <manish.narani@...inx.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] staging: drivers: mfd: Add MAX77541 MFD and related
 device drivers

On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 12:20:43PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Dec 2022 13:09:34 +0200
> Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 12:08:39PM +0300, Okan Sahin wrote:
> > > This patchset adds mfd, regulator and adc driver and related bindings.The patches 
> > > are required to be applied in sequence.  
> > 
> > You have an indentation / wrapping issues in the above text.
> > 
> > Nevertheless, why staging? What does it mean?
> 
> The main reason to go via staging is because a driver is sitting out
> of tree and it is useful to bring it in on the basis that it can then be
> cleaned up in tree before moving out of staging.

But files are not in staging. Me being confused.

> For a relatively small driver like this, that's hard to argue.  Just
> clean it up in response to review feedback and then we can take it
> directly into relevant subsystems in the main tree.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko


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