linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 7/8] arm64: dts: exynos: gs101: define USI8 with I2C configuration

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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 09:39:57 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>, peter.griffin@...aro.org,
 mturquette@...libre.com, sboyd@...nel.org, robh+dt@...nel.org,
 krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org, conor+dt@...nel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 7/8] arm64: dts: exynos: gs101: define USI8 with I2C
 configuration

On 23/01/2024 09:34, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
> 
> 
> On 1/23/24 07:52, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 19/01/2024 12:11, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
>>> USI8 I2C is used to communicate with an eeprom found on the battery
>>> connector. Define USI8 in I2C configuration.
>>>
>>> USI8 CONFIG register comes with a 0x0 reset value, meaning that USI8
>>> doesn't have a default protocol (I2C, SPI, UART) at reset. Thus the
>>> selection of the protocol is intentionally left for the board dts file.
>>
>> ... and dropped, because this patch does not build:
>> https://krzk.eu/#/builders/29/builds/3869
>> and I missed weird dependency mentioned in cover letter:
>>
>> "This patch set shall be queued after the cmu_misc clock name fixes from:"
>>
>> Sorry, this cannot work like that. DTS for new features cannot build
>> depend on driver changes.
> 
> No worries. What shall I do so that you re-consider the dropped patches?
> I'm not yet familiar with your release management, but I guess that if
> you submit your "fixes-clk" branch for integration into v6.8-rc2, and
> then merge v6.8-rc2 into your "next/dt64", you'll then be able to queue
> the dropped patches as well.

It is nothing specific to my release management but years old rule: DTS
branch cannot contain driver commits. It is nothing new, discussed on
mailing lists for various SoC architectures many times.

However I don't fully understand why that dependency - except patch hunk
context - exists. You shouldn't have such dependency.

Best regards,
Krzysztof