linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] ARM: dts: marvell: Add 7-segment LED display on x530

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Message-ID: <df9e5c40-7b82-4038-93cc-3c454bf75b7a@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 19:54:16 +0000
From: Chris Packham <Chris.Packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>, Andy Shevchenko
	<andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
CC: Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>, Andy Shevchenko
	<andy@...nel.org>, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>, Rob Herring
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] ARM: dts: marvell: Add 7-segment LED display on
 x530


On 11/03/24 19:02, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2024, at 21:22, Chris Packham wrote:
>> On 8/03/24 23:34, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>> On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 12:19 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Mar 8, 2024, at 10:56, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 9:36 AM Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...tlin.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Normally, this patch should be taken in mvebu and then merged by
>>>>>> arm-soc. However, I haven't seen any other patch touching this file (so
>>>>>> no risk of merge conflict) and I think it's too late for me to make a
>>>>>> new pull request to arm-soc. So I'm not against it being taken with the
>>>>>> rest of the patches. However, I think it would be a good idea to see
>>>>>> what Arnd thinks about it.
>> FYI ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f arch/arm/boot/dts/marvell isn't
>> picking up Arnd should it?
> No, as Gregory writes, the intended way for platform specific
> patches is to go through the maintainer for that platform,
> in this case him, who then sends pull requests to me.
>
> Since it was late in the merge window, he suggested skipping
> this step as an exception, which is something we can always do
> if there is an important reason, just like you skip can all
> maintainers and go directly to Linus if necessary, but the
> maintainers file only documents the normal case.

OK thanks for the clarification.

I don't think there is any reason to rush this. I'll send a new series 
for this DTS change and one other that I have for the x530 via Gregory 
and it can come through for either 6.9 or 6.10.