Re: [PATCH v2] mux: gpio-mux: add support for 4:1 2-channels mux

[Tommaso Merciai <tommaso.merciai.xr@bp.renesas.com>]

Hi Krzysztof,

Sorry for the late reply.

On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 05:51:13AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 18/06/2026 15:27, Tommaso Merciai wrote:
> > Hi Linus,
> > Thanks for your comment,
> > 
> > On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 03:04:20PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 3:09 PM Tommaso Merciai
> >> <tommaso.merciai.xr@bp.renesas.com> 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.

Thanks to both of you for considering this.

Kind Regards,
Tommaso

> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>