linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: microchip: add missing cache properties

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Message-ID: <20230517-revivable-scuba-dc7ece33723c@wendy>
Date:   Wed, 17 May 2023 13:58:11 +0100
From:   Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>
To:     Steen Hegelund <steen.hegelund@...rochip.com>
CC:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Lars Povlsen <lars.povlsen@...rochip.com>,
        Daniel Machon <daniel.machon@...rochip.com>,
        <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>, <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: microchip: add missing cache properties

On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 02:46:38PM +0200, Steen Hegelund wrote:
> On Wed, 2023-05-17 at 13:37 +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 02:10:53PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:

> > > For future (and all previous patches), please think what do you
> > > (you=Microchip) want to do with it. If you do not handle the patches,
> > > then someone should or the platform should be marked as "Odd fixes".
> > 
> > If noone is set up to actually be the maintainer of the tree, and the
> > patch volume is low, it might be a good idea to combine its maintenance
> > with some of the other microchip trees.
> > 
> > I've added Nicolas to CC here, since he is the main maintainer for the
> > 32-bit ARM Microchip stuff. For some context, I maintain the RISC-V
> > Microchip bits and a few other things like dt-bindings and some
> > non-microchip RISC-V platforms.
> > 
> > If you like, I could easily pick up patches for
> > arch/arm64/boot/dts/microchip/* as I am already sending PRs to Arnd for
> > other trees and another branch would not be much overhead!
> > 
> > Clearly I do not know the hardware at all, and reviewing the patches
> > would still be up to you, but I could handle the "administrative" side
> > of things (applying the patches & sending PRs) if that would be helpful?
> > 
> > Otherwise, Nicolas & I could probably help you through setting things up
> > to send PRs without taking up Krzysztof's time?
> > 
> > Either works for me!
> 
> It would be preferable for me if you (Conor) would handle the
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/microchip/* tree as you suggested.  It is not often we
> update it, so it will hopefully be low overhead for you.

Okay. I will send a patch for MAINTAINERS then - although I'll give
Nicolas a change to look at it this thread first ;)
If the mpu32 guys ever decide to become mpu64 then we can perhaps
re-visit things.

> Thanks to both of you for the assistance.

No worries chief.

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