From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2665CCF65CF for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:16:54 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=aJniA+7mtqd+T2ckN/JR/8Xw3cbywiTK+2rTfmY54To=; b=FEpX4V+94X0wk9O8vJzPLQNZcC dzn7m8vo8D6iWwWmaXeUU+iafrScgx+4dTYsSncImjVmSh6o97/1bG1Adv9QEqoXVIQs9D1EDyHpq GTsdp4tX9xQLybscukLN6TsPuPKas2ocZsnt+0m5sb01UQYBQn3WrKgO6uKT0z3/t+Coj+o57wUEb MOYcJt30fmO0KpvSuz6KibMrHF7ibxCaTXpjnzn+a0YP/YQXpxMg/5ubN1b13h1upC8fBckkFy7Lo MUW5YTlEFiufjHszbhm+TD6uDXOqCIAJztyaMTzdsDin26+tvkvfmjpfWvHgM7764TCNotqx8BbVp BGDImzjA==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vkJeK-0000000CGNX-1T2U; Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:16:48 +0000 Received: from zeus03.de ([194.117.254.33] helo=mail.zeus03.de) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vkJeH-0000000CGN1-0ccS for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:16:46 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= sang-engineering.com; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=k1; bh=aJni A+7mtqd+T2ckN/JR/8Xw3cbywiTK+2rTfmY54To=; b=crwXK+AsGfSv2yCVxPH0 pZmwvGK9TVs/dpCMF5DDZXl/rKoCfMRa6pWWFbpVr8FgJhyH8SgAFLgRQwPJ+KXw oE/8vzv6gsqP5fBmUVYiVUDe3V4OdQYklAKK3H5ra/FiPiHgcBv2xqMepClGaI2K zH8eVVkJlxdVGHd+8l9UQwVQ/3Puexv2GfqR2JWVRmV8d5YQqtFDAAdH7fb0ZQgI Y0OSb/dLYL9eBDPZ5lzY9g+2xVNLKfXq5gFgLCd/wFxFlxKCKaXz3oG97Y117hjJ HNgFFZ8cI3G7C9ET9WnsPS3vbRs+6w/NJChfna7Sl0Qdzs5ZWuNOxDznae6t2PKX 2Q== Received: (qmail 2705781 invoked from network); 26 Jan 2026 11:16:41 +0100 Received: by mail.zeus03.de with UTF8SMTPSA (TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 encrypted, authenticated); 26 Jan 2026 11:16:41 +0100 X-UD-Smtp-Session: l3s3148p1@swKezUdJzpAujnvz Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:16:41 +0100 From: Wolfram Sang To: Wilken Gottwalt Cc: Andy Shevchenko , linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org, Alexandre Torgue , Andy Shevchenko , Antonio Borneo , Arnd Bergmann , Baolin Wang , Bjorn Andersson , Boqun Feng , Chen-Yu Tsai , Chunyan Zhang , Danilo Krummrich , David Lechner , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Ingo Molnar , Jernej Skrabec , Jonathan Cameron , Jonathan Corbet , Konrad Dybcio , Lee Jones , Linus Walleij , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org, linux-spi@vger.kernel.org, linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com, linux-sunxi@lists.linux.dev, Mark Brown , Maxime Coquelin , Nuno =?utf-8?B?U8Oh?= , Orson Zhai , Peter Zijlstra , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Samuel Holland , Shuah Khan , Srinivas Kandagatla , Thomas Gleixner , Waiman Long , Will Deacon Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] hwspinlock: refactor headers into public provider/consumer pair Message-ID: References: <20260125184654.17843-6-wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> <20260126111440.67394323@posteo.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260126111440.67394323@posteo.net> X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260126_021645_461620_90AC6859 X-CRM114-Status: UNSURE ( 7.67 ) X-CRM114-Notice: Please train this message. X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org > wrote the sun6i hwspinlock driver. Currently it is impossible to write external > (out-of-kernel-tree) drivers because of internal structures. And it was a pain Although my use case is more "out-of-directory" than "out-of-tree" ;)