Re: [PATCH v7 6/8] PCI/VGA: Introduce is_boot_device function callback to vga_client_register

[Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>]

On Fri, 30 Jun 2023, Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 10:14:11AM +0800, suijingfeng wrote:
>> On 2023/6/30 01:44, Limonciello, Mario wrote:
>> > > On 2023/6/29 23:54, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>> > > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 01:08:15PM +0800, Sui Jingfeng wrote:
>
>> > > > 4) Right now we're in the middle of the v6.5 merge window, so new
>> > > >      content, e.g., this series, is too late for v6.5.  Most
>> > > >      maintainers, including me, wait to merge new content until the
>> > > >      merge window closes and a new -rc1 is tagged.  This merge window
>> > > >      should close on July 9, and people will start merging content for
>> > > >      v6.6, typically based on v6.5-rc1.
>> > > 
>> > > Would you will merge all of the patches in this series (e.g. including
>> > > the patch for drm/amdgpu(7/8) and drm/radeon(8/8)) ?
>> > > 
>> > > Or just part of them?
>
> The bulk of this series is drivers/pci changes, so typically I would
> merge all the patches after getting Acked-by tags from the other
> subsystems (DRM and VFIO).

For the (negligible) i915 parts,

Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>

>> Is it possible to merge the PCI/VGA part as fast as possible,
>> especially the PATCH-0006 PCI/VGA: Introduce is_boot_device function
>> callback to vga_client_register
>
> We're in the middle of the v6.5 merge window, so it's too late to add
> things to v6.5-rc1.  The most likely path for new material like this
> would be to queue it for v6.6, which means I would merge it after
> v6.5-rc1 is tagged (that tag will probably happen on July 9).

Perhaps the part that causes confusion here is that the drm-misc-next
and drm-intel-next branches, for example, are always open for new
patches; it's just that there's a cutoff at around rc5/rc6 after which
they start targeting the next+1 release. We basically hide the merge
window from a lot of drm developers.

> It would then be in -next until the v6.6 merge window opens (likely in
> September), when it would be merged into Linus' tree.
>
> If the series fixes a regression or other major defect, it's
> *possible* to merge things earlier, so they appear in v6.5.  But this
> series doesn't seem to fall in that category, so I think v6.6 is a
> more realistic target.
>
> Merging for v6.6 would include both the PCI parts and the DRM parts at
> the same time, so hopefully that addresses your dependency concerns.

I guess the main question is whether Sui Jingfeng has follow-up work
planned in drm that depends on these being merged. This would set that
back by a full release. (But it happens.)

BR,
Jani.



>
> I suggest that you wait until v6.5-rc1, rebase your patches so they
> apply cleanly on that tag, collect all the Reviewed-by and Acked-by
> tags, include them in your commit logs, and then repost them.
>
> Bjorn

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center