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 18:19:50 +0100
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Nicolas Pitre <npitre@...libre.com>
Cc: Julien Panis <jpanis@...libre.com>, 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, May 24, 2024 at 01:04:38PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> 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.

Or, patch 1 adds the new definitions, subsequent patches convert the
users, and the last patch removes the old, now unused, definitions.

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