netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add SOCFPGA System Manager

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Date:   Tue, 13 Nov 2018 06:39:13 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Thor Thayer <thor.thayer@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     peppe.cavallaro@...com, dinguyen@...nel.org, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        alexandre.torgue@...com, joabreu@...opsys.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        mchehab+samsung@...nel.org, catalin.marinas@....com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, arnd@...db.de, aisheng.dong@....com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add SOCFPGA System Manager

On Fri, 09 Nov 2018, Thor Thayer wrote:

> Hi
> 
> On 10/19/18 1:16 AM, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Oct 2018, Thor Thayer wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > On 10/10/2018 09:42 AM, Thor Thayer wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > > On 09/24/2018 05:09 PM, thor.thayer@...ux.intel.com wrote:
> > > > > From: Thor Thayer <thor.thayer@...ux.intel.com>
> > > > > 
> > > > > Add MFD driver for ARM64 SOCFPGA System Manager to steer
> > > > > System Manager calls appropriately.
> > > > > The SOCFPGA System Manager includes registers from several
> > > > > SOC peripherals.
> > > > > 
> > > > > On ARM32, syscon handles this aggregated register grouping.
> > > > > Redirect System Manager calls to syscon for ARM32 SOCFPGA
> > > > > systems.
> > > > > 
> > > > > The ARM64 System Manager can only be accessed from priority
> > > > > level EL3 so this new MFD driver handles the calls to EL3.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thor Thayer (4):
> > > > >     mfd: altera-sysmgr: Add SOCFPGA System Manager abstraction
> > > > >     ARM: socfpga_defconfig: Enable CONFIG_MTD_ALTERA_SYSMGR
> > > > >     arm64: defconfig: Enable CONFIG_MTD_ALTERA_SYSMGR
> > > > >     net: stmmac: socfpga: Convert to shared System Manager driver
> > > > > 
> > > > >    MAINTAINERS                                        |   6 +
> > > > >    arch/arm/configs/socfpga_defconfig                 |   1 +
> > > > >    arch/arm64/configs/defconfig                       |   1 +
> > > > >    drivers/mfd/Kconfig                                |   9 +
> > > > >    drivers/mfd/Makefile                               |   1 +
> > > > >    drivers/mfd/altera-sysmgr.c                        | 310
> > > > > +++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >    .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-socfpga.c    |   4 +-
> > > > >    include/linux/mfd/altera-sysmgr.h                  | 113 ++++++++
> > > > >    8 files changed, 444 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > >    create mode 100644 drivers/mfd/altera-sysmgr.c
> > > > >    create mode 100644 include/linux/mfd/altera-sysmgr.h
> > > > > 
> > > > Gentle ping.
> > > 
> > > Gentle ping again...
> > > 
> > > Any comments on this patch series?
> > 
> > "Please don't send content free pings and please allow a reasonable time
> > for review.  People get busy, go on holiday, attend conferences and so
> > on so unless there is some reason for urgency (like critical bug fixes)
> > please allow at least a couple of weeks for review.  If there have been
> > review comments then people may be waiting for those to be addressed.
> > Sending content free pings just adds to the mail volume (if they are
> > seen at all) and if something has gone wrong you'll have to resend the
> > patches anyway so resending with any comments addressed is generally a
> > much better approach."
> > 
> > In this case, the we are too late in the series to have these
> > applied.  Maintainers are generally preparing their submissions for
> > the merge-window.  The MFD component of this set is marked as "To
> > Review" and I will get around to it when time is more abundant.
> > 
> 
> Gentle ping now that the merge window is over.
> 
> I'm not clear on the scolding for content free pings.
> 
> Other pings I've seen just reference the patch series summary instead of
> each patch individually. It seems like pings for each patch would add more
> to the mail volume than the summary but perhaps I'm misunderstanding
> something.  I'm happy to ping each patch separately if that is preferable.

Please don't ping at all.  If you would like to attract attention,
please resend your patch-set with s/[PATCH]/[RESEND]/.

> Series can be found here:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/10612891/
> 
> [PATCH 1/4] mfd: altera-sysmgr: Add SOCFPGA System Manager
> [PATCH 2/4] ARM: socfpga_defconfig: Enable CONFIG_MTD_ALTERA_SYSMGR
> [PATCH 3/4] arm64: defconfig: Enable CONFIG_MTD_ALTERA_SYSMGR
> [PATCH 4/4] net: stmmac: socfpga: Use shared System Manager driver
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Thor

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