Re: [PATCH 3/5] DONOTMERGE: dt-bindings: mfd: syscon: add TI's opp table compatible

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 13/06/2024 14:20, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 01:09:23PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
>> On Wed, 12 Jun 2024, Bryan Brattlof wrote:
>>
>>> On June 12, 2024 thus sayeth Conor Dooley:
>>>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 11:41:52AM -0500, Bryan Brattlof wrote:
>>>>> The JTAG_USER_ID_USERCODE efuse address, which is located inside the
>>>>> WKUP_CTRL_MMR0 range holds information to identify the speed grades of
>>>>> various components on TI's K3 SoCs. Add a compatible to allow the
>>>>> cpufreq driver to obtain the data to limit the maximum frequency for the
>>>>> CPUs under Linux control.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Bryan Brattlof <bb@ti.com>
>>>>
>>>> $subject: DONOTMERGE: dt-bindings: mfd: syscon: add TI's opp table compatible
>>>>
>>>> Okay, if this isn't for merging then I won't Ack it.
>>>
>>> Ha! Nice. If I don't hear anything from anyone else I'll send a v2 in a 
>>> few hours.
>>
>> What's the point of all the DONOTMERGE nonsense?
> 
> AFAICT, TI live in fear of subsystem maintainers merging the dts patches,
> so they do this.

And want some strict timeframe of merging bindings (via subsystem) and
DTS (via SoC tree), which causes all weird submissions like this above
or sending bindings without users.

So far I can live with it but if more such peculiarities come up, then
sorry, fix your process/tools instead of putting burden on maintainers
and community.

Best regards,
Krzysztof