linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: rtc: qcom-pm8xxx: fix inconsistent example

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Message-ID: <20231201-pursuable-endocrine-1318f4843597@spud>
Date:   Fri, 1 Dec 2023 16:27:33 +0000
From:   Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
        Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
        Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: rtc: qcom-pm8xxx: fix inconsistent example

On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 10:31:22AM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 09:32:46AM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > On 30/11/2023 18:32, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > > The PM8921 is an SSBI PMIC but in the binding example it is described
> > > as being part of an SPMI PMIC while using an SSBI address.
> > > 
> > > Make the example consistent by using the sibling PM8941 SPMI PMIC
> > > instead.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: 8138c5f0318c ("dt-bindings: rtc: qcom-pm8xxx-rtc: Add qcom pm8xxx rtc bindings")
> > 
> > Similarly to your thermal patch - this is just an example, not a
> > binding. No bugs are fixed here, no need for backports.
> 
> A Fixes tag does not in itself imply that something should be
> backported, we have CC-stable tags for that.

IDK, I think at this point every highly active kernel developer should
be aware that the stable maintainers backport way more than just what
gets explicitly CCed to stable.

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