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smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=CcQR8fJ/; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="CcQR8fJ/" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 220681F00A3A; Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:59:13 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1782295158; bh=gJsUkjA7ydN75V4go4ema8+zDMW3gozLHOMdZ0qXE6U=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=CcQR8fJ/TaLha/Md5E28EVcFy0Kq4CvlzyjPRPvHqUmLKqoMrF5Es09ltVjNpYxW8 Tr1t2Zy1ROYNoa4ahIA40S1MutPpJFcvXt2Ob4gucAsMZ6dv9oWMdgeTCdeI4JMn6i HHayo57K1MCmFczGK6BOnICLbseFtWXunpSY43ogag/NtDHdF5bRWohupFw/VkpK5Q zRGmYcrjcWN9USfLYQxYDH75/gyREaue0jJ566sutKHcbl9wUZMD/AIpB+iKOL4yil 9N2QJlDgmbT9okKz5Wwgv9SAqUH6ZxtKEtQ/0nh6MGSgmRf5sfkoJMo/RYhGGCMz5+ t+w1Y3l6EM4iw== Message-ID: <8e35a5c6-e445-4e1a-abc4-afc480269227@kernel.org> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:59:11 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mux: gpio-mux: add support for 4:1 2-channels mux To: Geert Uytterhoeven , Tommaso Merciai Cc: Linus Walleij , Andrea Tomassetti , "johan+linaro@kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "peda@axentia.se" , "srini@kernel.org" , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Philipp Zabel , Ulf Hansson References: <20260506123350.310564-1-andrea.tomassetti@sipearl.com> <9fe9ac21-f509-43f0-b8a3-22d38efc852c@sipearl.com> <63c011e2-ad41-482a-9034-a3921b44e62f@kernel.org> From: Krzysztof Kozlowski Content-Language: en-US Autocrypt: addr=krzk@kernel.org; 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charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 24/06/2026 10:59, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Tommaso, > > On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 at 18:44, Tommaso Merciai > wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 05:51:13AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: >>> On 18/06/2026 15:27, Tommaso Merciai wrote: >>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 03:04:20PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote: >>>>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 3:09 PM Tommaso Merciai >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> If Peter is unable to attend to it send a pull request to the SoC >>>>>>> tree (if this concerns an SoC) and explain the situation and the >>>>>>> SoC maintainers can pull it in while we are looking for a new >>>>>>> mux (co)maintainer. Unless you're interested in the job? >>>>>> >>>>>> I have the same issue with [1]. >>>>>> >>>>>> Starting from [2] (Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025) >>>>>> I have never received any feedback. >>>>>> >>>>>> How should I proceed? >>>>> >>>>> If Greg can ACK patch 1/2 we can probably merge this set through the >>>>> SoC tree as well. If the PWM subsystem is practically orphaned we >>>>> need to step in and merge stuff. >>>> >>>> +Cc GregKH >>>> >>>> What is your suggestion here? >>>> Thank all. >>> >>> In the past I took a few MUX patches and then send them further to Greg. >>> I did it once and then kind of did not continue. I could do that again, >>> but it won't really solve the problem that MUX needs person actively >>> looking at this. Me taking patches is rather band-aid and I do not have >>> particular business interests around MUX. But maybe you or Renesas have >>> and could help here? >> >> Thank you for the context. I understand your position, being a >> band-aidmaintainer without direct business interest is not a sustainable >> solutionfor the MUX subsystem long term. >> >> That said, this patch has now been blocked for more than 6 months, >> and we are looking for a way to get it upstream. Since you mentioned >> you have picked MUX patches before and routed them through the SoC tree >> to Greg, would you bewilling to do the same here? >> >> It would unblock us while the question of active MUX maintainership is >> sorted out separately. >> >> +Cc: Geert, Philipp, Ulf >> >> Geert, what is your take on this? Would you prefer to route it through >> your tree instead, or do you think Krzysztof picking it via the SoC tree >> makes more sense? >> >> I believe it is better handled by the experts in that area, P Zabel, Ulf, >> Geert, and others. > > As Philipp already reviewed the patch[A], and took its user/consumer[B], > I think he's best suited to pick it up. > > If that fails, I can take it through renesas-devel. This means you intend to send it to soc@ which I disagree. This goes through Greg, not soc@. I provided my expectations how Renesas could help here. Renesas as a company, not you as Renesas maintainer. If Renesas is not willing to help, it is fine and fair, but I see no reasons to be responsible for this code. Let me quote my "Guide to Becoming a Linux Kernel Maintainer" slides from this OSS India: "We might remove code, which is not maintained" Best regards, Krzysztof