Re: [GIT PULL 2/2] Samsung fixes-2 for v4.0

[Lukasz Majewski <l.majewski@samsung.com>]

Hi Eduardo,

> On Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 07:16:53PM +0900, Kukjin Kim wrote:
> > Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > 
> > + Eduardo
> > 
> > Hi Arnd,
> > 
> > > On Tuesday 03 March 2015 04:00:14 Kukjin Kim wrote:
> > > > Please pull Samsung tmu and hdmi regression fixes for v4.0 and
> > > > I know this is quite big for fixes but I couldn't handle this
> > > > series for previous merge window because of dependency with
> > > > driver side...sorry for that and please pull so that we could
> > > > support them in v4.0 on exynos platforms.
> > > 
> > > What kind of dependency do you have there? It really should not be
> > > necessary to wait for driver changes, unless you do an
> > > incompatible DT binding change, which you should avoid.
> > > 
> > For TMU patches, I've asked Eduardo to provide topic branch for
> > 'include/dt-bindings/thermal/thermal_exynos.h' has been added via
> > thermal tree because if I can't apply the patch in Samsung tree for
> > arm-soc, kernel build breakage will be happened. But I couldn't get
> > Eduardo's topic branch.
> 
> 
> Specifically, the developer, while migrating the driver to support DT
> and OF thermal, decided to create a header with constants. The header
> is used by DT files and the driver code. The header was the
> dependency.

Just my 2 cents :-).

The above situation is the justification for adding the whole patch set
to one repository when all ACKs are collected for it.

> 
> 
> BR,
> 
> Eduardo Valentin
> 
> > 
> > http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-samsung-soc/msg41877.html
> > 
> > 
> > For HDMI patches, I thought the DT changes have a dependency with
> > "drm/exynos: add support for 'hdmi' clock" so waited for its
> > applying then in drm tree. But I couldn't send it to arm-soc after
> > that...
> > 
> > http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-samsung-soc/msg42173.html
> > 
> > 
> > I asked about the situation (late DT changes?) when I sent a
> > pull-request, then I couldn't get a access my kernel.org because of
> > biz. trip to China :(
> > 
> > http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-samsung-soc/msg42235.html
> > 
> > 
> > > I've pulled it into fixes, but won't forward it until I hear a
> > > good explanation.
> > > 
> > As you know, basically I tried to make a clear branch for
> > pull-request but in that case, I couldn't find a solution. Sorry
> > for the inconvenience.
> > 
> > I hope v4.0 can support them properly.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Kukjin
> > 



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Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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