linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 07/14] USB: typec: tps6598x: Apply patch again after power resume

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Date:   Tue, 3 Oct 2023 07:14:47 -0400
From:   Abdel Alkuor <alkuor@...il.com>
To:     Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org, bryan.odonoghue@...aro.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ryan.eleceng@...il.com,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, conor+dt@...nel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Abdel Alkuor <abdelalkuor@...tab.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 07/14] USB: typec: tps6598x: Apply patch again after
 power resume

On Tue, Oct 03, 2023 at 09:21:08AM +0300, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 01, 2023 at 04:11:27AM -0400, Abdel Alkuor wrote:
> > From: Abdel Alkuor <abdelalkuor@...tab.com>
> > 
> > TPS25750 PD controller might be powered off externally at power suspend,
> > after resuming PD controller power back, apply the patch again.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Abdel Alkuor <abdelalkuor@...tab.com>
> 
> This one looks also like something that should be part of the patch 4.
> 
> My concern is that with these separated features you are creating points
> into the kernel git tree where TPS25750 is enabled, but it's not fully
> functional, or even broken in scenarious like this (suspend/resume).
> You can't do that unless you have some really good reason.
> 
> Since all of these add only a bit of code each, I think it would be
> better to just merge these into the initial patch that enabled
> TPS25750 - so I belive patch 4/14.
>
Makes a lot of sense. I will add part of full tps25750 support patch
> -- 
> heikki

Thanks,
Abdel