linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] LLCC: Support for Broadcast

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Message-ID: <d78b4bce-7bcd-4ab0-a76b-135cee3ec9b0@linaro.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2024 20:54:10 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Unnathi Chalicheemala <quic_uchalich@...cinc.com>,
 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>
Cc: linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...cinc.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] LLCC: Support for Broadcast_AND region

On 06/02/2024 20:41, Unnathi Chalicheemala wrote:
> On 2/6/2024 12:34 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 06/02/2024 08:15, Unnathi Chalicheemala wrote:
>>> This series adds:
>>> 1. Device tree register mapping for Broadcast_AND region in SM8450,
>>> SM8550, SM8650.
>>> 2. LLCC driver updates to reflect addition of Broadcast_AND regmap.
>>>
>>> To support CSR programming, a broadcast interface is used to program all
>>> channels in a single command. Until SM8450 there was only one broadcast
>>> region (Broadcast_OR) used to broadcast write and check for status bit
>>> 0. From SM8450 onwards another broadcast region (Broadcast_AND) has been
>>> added which checks for status bit 1.
>>>
>>> This series updates the device trees from SM8450 onwards to have a
>>> mapping to this Broadcast_AND region. It also updates the llcc_drv_data
>>> structure with a regmap for Broadcast_AND region and corrects the
>>> broadcast region used to check for status bit 1.
>>>
>>> Merging strategy
>>> ----------------
>>>
>>> All patches should be merged due to LLCC DeviceTree/driver dependency.
>>
>> Dependency? Sorry, there cannot be a dependency between DTS and driver.
>> Please fix your patchset.
>>
> 
> This is the suggested merge strategy. But I have updated the driver in v2
> to ensure that applying the driver patch alone will work with existing DTs.
> Sorry for being unclear; "should" does make it sound like there is a hard
> dependency. 

OK, anyway, the patch was not tested.

Please drop my Reviewed-by and test the patch before sending.

Best regards,
Krzysztof