linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 0/3] Add support for Intel PPS Generator

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Message-ID: <2024072500-matrix-antivirus-dc61@gregkh>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:09:54 +0200
From: "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>
Cc: "Hall, Christopher S" <christopher.s.hall@...el.com>,
	"andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com" <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Dong, Eddie" <eddie.dong@...el.com>,
	"N, Pandith" <pandith.n@...el.com>,
	"Mohan, Subramanian" <subramanian.mohan@...el.com>,
	"T R, Thejesh Reddy" <thejesh.reddy.t.r@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"D, Lakshmi Sowjanya" <lakshmi.sowjanya.d@...el.com>,
	"corbet@....net" <corbet@....net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Zage, David" <david.zage@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 0/3] Add support for Intel PPS Generator

On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 09:05:02AM +0200, Rodolfo Giometti wrote:
> On 24/07/24 23:39, Hall, Christopher S wrote:
> > Hello Rodolfo,
> > 
> > > From: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2024 2:37 AM
> > 
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 0/3] Add support for Intel PPS Generator
> > > 
> > > On 15/07/24 10:06, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Jul 04 2024 at 13:50, Rodolfo Giometti wrote:
> > > > > On 03/07/24 16:47, D, Lakshmi Sowjanya wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > A gentle reminder for the review of the pps patchset.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I already acked these patchset, didn't I? =8-o
> > > > > 
> > > > > Please let me know if I missed something.
> > > > 
> > > > Sorry, I missed that V10 posting. It's too late now.
> > > > 
> > > > Rodolfo, can you pick it up after rc1 for the next merge window. All
> > > > prerequisites should be in Linus tree then.
> > > 
> > > LinuxPPS has no dedicated tree as other Linux subsystems. Usually I send my
> > > "Acked" to Greg Kroah-Hartman and Andrew Morton, and they push patches
> > > by
> > > themselves.
> > 
> > Is the PPS driver on track to be included in the 6.11 release candidate?
> 
> I hope so! ^_^"

Are the patches in linux-next?  If so, what tree did they go through?
If not, they can't be merged into 6.11-rc1.

> Unluckily the LinuxPPS is a minor subsystem with no dedicated tree, and
> inclusion is not under my control.

I pick up many "smaller" driver subsystems all the time, I just have to
be asked to do so...

thanks,

greg k-h