linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] fsi: Convert to bus probe mechanism

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Message-ID: <e29b29d7-b002-4d18-a476-dd129154ba08@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:31:03 -0600
From: Eddie James <eajames@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com>
Cc: Ninad Palsule <ninad@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-fsi@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] fsi: Convert to bus probe mechanism


On 1/12/26 3:47 AM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello Eddie,
>
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2025 at 12:39:28PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> this is the 2nd installment of the series converting the fsi bus to use
>> bus methods for .probe and .remove. The changes since the first
>> iteration---that can be found at
>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/cover.1764434226.git.ukleinek@kernel.org/
>> --- are:
>>
>>   - (trivially) rebase to v6.18
>>   - add tags by Andi (for the i2c parts) and Mark Brown (for the spi
>>     parts)
>>   - Add a patch converting drivers/fsi/i2cr-scom.c (#8)
>>
>> In the earlier thread I thought I made a mistake for (implicit) v1, but
>> I confused fsi with fsl and the problem doesn't apply here as it doesn't
>> touch the shutdown callback.
>>
>> This series is not urgent, but it would be great to get this into
>> v6.19-rc1.  With Mark's Acks and Andi's tags (though they are not an
>> Ack) this should be fine to be picked up in one go by Eddie.
>>
>> As before there are two commit refs that should refer to the commit for
>> patch #2 ("fsi: Assign driver's bus in fsi_driver_register()"). As I
>> cannot know the commit hash yet, I wrote "FIXME" and these need updating
>> when the series is picked up.
> gentle ping. While my quest to drop .probe() and .remove() is still in
> early stages, I'd like to see this series go in before it bitrots. It
> should have all the acks necessary to merge it.


So sorry for the delay. Thank you very much for the series! Greg, please 
merge at your earliest convenience.


Thanks!

Eddie


>
> Alternatively, should I ask Greg (added to Cc:) to merge?
>
> Best regards
> Uwe