linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/6] Mediatek thermal sensor driver support for MT8186 and MT8188

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Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 13:04:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nicolas Pitre <npitre@...libre.com>
To: Julien Panis <jpanis@...libre.com>
cc: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, 
    Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, 
    Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>, 
    AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>, 
    Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>, 
    "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>, 
    Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org, 
    linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, 
    linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/6] Mediatek thermal sensor driver support for MT8186
 and MT8188

On Fri, 24 May 2024, Julien Panis wrote:

> [RFC] When PATCH 1/6 and 2/6 are squashed, checkpatch raises this WARNING:
> "DT binding docs and includes should be a separate patch." That's why I
> split them in this v5. The problem is that the driver can't be compiled
> any more at PATCH 1/6. It needs PATCH 2/6 to be compiled. Should the
> checkpatch warning be ignored here ? Should I finally squash PATCH 1/6
> and PATCH 2/6 ?

IMHO it might be preferable to preserve successful compilation across 
bisection than to appeal to checkpatch in this case.


Nicolas