linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 0/2] Add `devm_dma_request_chan()` to simplify probe path in atmel-quadspi.c

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Message-ID: <aCWyXsJ2iRXRUmOi@finisterre.sirena.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 11:22:38 +0200
From: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To: Csókás Bence <csokas.bence@...lan.hu>
Cc: dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
	Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/2] Add `devm_dma_request_chan()` to simplify probe
 path in atmel-quadspi.c

On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 11:14:22AM +0200, Csókás Bence wrote:
> On 2025. 05. 15. 10:45, Mark Brown wrote:

> > I can't tell what the plan is here, or what the status is for the first
> > patch (since I'm not CCed).  The second patch depends on a new API
> > introduced in the first patch so it can't be merged independently.

> Yes, the situation is a bit convoluted. Obviously 2/2 will be applied after
> 1/2, in a similar vein than the former PM series.

> So what I was trying to say: Vinod should be able to apply 1/2 to his branch
> (dma/next) right now, which can then be merged to spi/for-next. This merged
> branch should be able to then cleanly apply 2/2.

I wouldn't expect to pull the whole DMA tree in, that'll have a huge
amount of extra stuff in it - if I was going to pull something I'd
expect a topic branch.  Wouldn't it be simpler for me to just apply both
patches at this point if there's no conflicts with the DMA tree?  We're
at -rc6 now...

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