linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] soc: loongson2_pm: add power management support

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Message-ID: <CAAhV-H5cfGZLvThzu_mBOphGJeUSFAu_4nZvGNFJqF5++DN2OA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:48:29 +0800
From:   Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>
To:     Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>
Cc:     Yinbo Zhu <zhuyinbo@...ngson.cn>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jianmin Lv <lvjianmin@...ngson.cn>, wanghongliang@...ngson.cn,
        Liu Peibao <liupeibao@...ngson.cn>,
        loongson-kernel@...ts.loongnix.cn, Liu Yun <liuyun@...ngson.cn>,
        kernel@...0n.name
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] soc: loongson2_pm: add power management support

Hi, Conor, Arnd,

On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 4:44 PM Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com> wrote:
>
> Hey,
>
> +CC Huacai & WANG.
>
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 03:49:42PM +0800, Yinbo Zhu wrote:
> > Loongson-2 platform support Power Management Controller (ACPI) and this
> > series patch was to add PM driver that base on dts and PM binding support.
> >
> > Change in v5:
> >               1. The patch "[PATCH v3 1/3] loongarch: export some arch-specific
> >                  pm interfaces" had been merged into linux-next tree thus this
> >                  v4 series patch need drop it and need depend on it and it's
> >                  patch link was:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230615091757.24686-2-zhuyinbo@loongson.cn/
>
> Just to note, it might be in linux-next, but more importantly it is also
> in v6.5-rc1, so there is no issue with dependencies.
>
> >               2. Swap the positions of compatible for 2k1000 and 2k0500.
>
> I noticed you sent a mail pinging the v4 of this series yesterday as it
> had not been picked up. Who do you actually expect to apply these
> patches? There does not appear to be a maintainer listed for the
> drivers/soc/loongson directory, just one for your GUTS driver.
>
> As a result, patches like
> <https://lore.kernel.org/all/a69170cb55cfc73e378b40ccf1d9c16f@208suo.com/>
> have gone ignored. Granted, that patch is probably crap that does not
> apply, due to 208suo.com people sending corrupted patches, but you the
> point.
>
> More interestingly there is also
> <https://lore.kernel.org/all/40b324af-3483-4b3d-b65a-a97944aa4a70@app.fastmail.com/>
> which seems to have also gone missing (I don't see it in linux-next),
> despite some discussion about how the patch should be merged.
>
> Looks to me like drivers/soc/loongson/ needs someone to take
> responsibility for picking up patches for the directory & sending them
> to the soc maintainers (with a new MAINTAINERS entry reflecting that) so
> that patches don't fall through the cracks.
As discussed when the guts driver gets merged, I think it is better to
go via Arnd's soc tree for these patches under drivers/soc/loongson/.

To Krzysztof,

I'm very sorry for the disclaimer, I will remove it, and please take it easy.

Huacai

>
> Thanks,
> Conor.