Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: Enable HSR driver

["Malladi, Meghana" <m-malladi@ti.com>]

On 2/26/2025 5:36 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 26/02/2025 12: 54, Malladi, Meghana wrote: > Hi Krzysztof, > > On 
> 2/26/2025 4: 18 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: >> On 26/02/2025 11: 44, 
> Malladi, Meghana wrote: > > > On 2/26/2025 1: 35 >> PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski
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> On 26/02/2025 12:54, Malladi, Meghana wrote:
>> Hi Krzysztof,
>> 
>> On 2/26/2025 4:18 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> On 26/02/2025 11: 44, Malladi, Meghana wrote: > > > On 2/26/2025 1: 35 
>>> PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: >> On 26/02/2025 07: 18, Malladi, Meghana 
>>> wrote: > Hi all, > > Apologies in >> case you are receiving this email
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>>> On 26/02/2025 11:44, Malladi, Meghana wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> On 2/26/2025 1:35 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>>> On 26/02/2025 07: 18, Malladi, Meghana wrote: > Hi all, > > Apologies in 
>>>>> case you are receiving this email for the second time. > Any reason why 
>>>>> this patch hasn't been merged yet. Other than re-basing > this to the 
>>>>> tip, anything
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>>>>> On 26/02/2025 07:18, Malladi, Meghana wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Apologies in case you are receiving this email for the second time.
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>>> BTW, Arnd when responded with Ack described the process.
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>> 
>> Yes, I wanted to re-confirm before posting it again (just in case).
>> 
>>>>>> Any reason why this patch hasn't been merged yet. Other than re-basing 
>>>>>> this to the tip, anything else which needs to be addressed to get this 
>>>>>> merged?
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think you sent it to your platform maintainers, so no one would
>>>>> apply it. Usually people ignore emails they did not receive, although I
>>>>> am here an exception tracking missing-DT-patchwork things... :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Krzysztof
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello Arnd/Krzysztof,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for the replies :)
>>>> Was having ambiguity since this is not TI specific change. Wanted to 
>>>> confirm before re-posting. Will post v2 patch including TI platform 
>>>> maintainers.
>>>
>>> It is not TI specific? Then which upstream boards benefit from this if
>>> not TI?
>>>
>> 
>> This change enables generic HSR protocol support in the kernel which is 
>> required for HSR driver support in TI boards. When I said "not TI 
>> specific" - I meant this change is not internal to TI driver. Hope this 
>> clarifies the miscommunication from my earlier mail.
> 
> Yes, sure, but this defconfig change benefits and is sent for certain TI
> upstream boards, so it is TI upstream maintainers field. It still fits
> the "Submitting Patches for Given SoC" in SoC maintainer profile.
> 

Okay, I got your point now. So as long as this defconfig benefits TI 
SoCs, it should be sent with maintainer profile. I will keep that in 
mind for future patches as well. Thanks for clarifying this.

Best Regards,
Meghana

> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>