netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Prerequisites for NXP LS104xA SMMU enablement

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Date:   Fri, 31 May 2019 19:03:48 +0200
From:   Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>
To:     Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@....com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Madalin-cristian Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>,
        Roy Pledge <roy.pledge@....com>,
        Camelia Alexandra Groza <camelia.groza@....com>,
        Leo Li <leoyang.li@....com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "jocke@...inera.com" <joakim.tjernlund@...inera.com>,
        "iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org" <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Mian Yousaf Kaukab <yousaf.kaukab@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Prerequisites for NXP LS104xA SMMU enablement

Hello Laurentiu,

Am 31.05.19 um 18:46 schrieb Laurentiu Tudor:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>
>> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2019 7:15 PM
>>
>> Hi Laurentiu,
>>
>> Am 30.05.19 um 16:19 schrieb laurentiu.tudor@....com:
>>> This patch series contains several fixes in preparation for SMMU
>>> support on NXP LS1043A and LS1046A chips. Once these get picked up,
>>> I'll submit the actual SMMU enablement patches consisting in the
>>> required device tree changes.
>>
>> Have you thought through what will happen if this patch ordering is not
>> preserved? In particular, a user installing a future U-Boot update with
>> the DTB bits but booting a stable kernel without this patch series -
>> wouldn't that regress dpaa then for our customers?
>>
> 
> These are fixes for issues that popped out after enabling SMMU. 
> I do not expect them to break anything.

That was not my question! You're missing my point: All your patches are
lacking a Fixes header in their commit message, for backporting them, to
avoid _your DT patches_ breaking the driver on stable branches!

Regards,
Andreas

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