From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DDAE52AD2F; Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:38:51 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1752845932; cv=none; b=RBblVtvqP6ld8VNfo2rKSRimX2vMZ9qH7MDPLQLVS1nG/4pITGTG6onSfDStP5CnfS3VglwxwYWE/5yp5qISUOU2GieeXJOs0k99QKaKAdu3MI0L8LpkvYDXgZo4snaR88fweUZ70leba4HJsCIKQT2NVVZdqOdn+y91wG5ss5k= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1752845932; c=relaxed/simple; bh=hhXy1hKhDJolxRQyk/NrBYTuqZpGCqrvUQ+9K8FtH5c=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=K8CmsBAvQ78MSd0vnrnLYX6idBDP8FVIPNpxYdWN/Y4m+9EqQAzmn4IEwMA7uu+OpNcyKS6hmV1Vv4HbfRWdaVXVPScS8bKXyZB2TdYxMIWMEMdelu4LeLR79juoA1ddCPO1g04T4YvvtgIzDAKUpVY/Qor233HjGP5Sp7QEoWA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=a9O4l0Y7; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="a9O4l0Y7" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3D886C4CEEB; Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:38:49 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1752845931; bh=hhXy1hKhDJolxRQyk/NrBYTuqZpGCqrvUQ+9K8FtH5c=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=a9O4l0Y7neB2dJP3p5M/diYfvq68WmH+sHkhJJw/D+WSIrrROYYHuyFtmkjPzFRVb dUeRrCHnlww2h7b5xmDOXRog74TE3ruQkiA5CVx1aFv1//Gg0kPtZz9SLBpBIzZQpX oBt/Qlz1jtC28B7nENvW8bmR5gWaOzqau1RcT05bD1Ma4u9Se9IyPir4gXTiO5Kdah qk3ljj4uaVrGY+uuUHaKgyrHiA5Teh9WSr5Rr5vyAsverpV91gi07dObsOBTTVozE8 pdT5zGuTpxvGo1kMMAoTnD2bRZfypqnOcPCkobZv6INpOFFLXx+M+AJdRIs59psmXb vaYhDcraG1nNw== Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:38:46 +0100 From: Lee Jones To: Mark Brown Cc: Michael Walle , Rob Herring , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Conor Dooley , Arnd Bergmann , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Linus Walleij , Liam Girdwood , Julien Panis , devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Immutable branch between MFD, Misc and Pinctrl due for the v6.17 merge window Message-ID: <20250718133846.GE11056@google.com> References: <20250613114518.1772109-1-mwalle@kernel.org> <20250710094906.GG1431498@google.com> <20250718071344.GA11056@google.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: On Fri, 18 Jul 2025, Mark Brown wrote: > On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 08:13:44AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Jul 2025, Mark Brown wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 10:49:06AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote: > > > > > Immutable branch between MFD, Misc and Pinctrl due for the v6.17 merge window > > > > Is there some reason you didn't also pick up the regulator patches? > > > Is that a joke? I'm going to assume that you're not serious! > > There's two things here. One is that the discussions you've linked were > from back in April/May which was before the merge window and things only > got applied a day or two before the merge window opened. Then rather > than resending after the merge window as expected whoever it was > complained about the patches not being applied just did that with no > further context and it didn't occur to me to look at the date and as a > result I missed that, sorry. > > The other issue is that due to the constant drip of MFD serieses getting > resends what I'm doing I'm just glancing at the relevant patches and > then not looking further if I've already reviewed them. I frequently > have no recollection of any individual series, especially if there's > been non-trivial time since I actively looked at it. This is bigger than these particular series. There are more examples, but I stopped at the three most recent ones. For the past decade or so I've been taking cross-subsystem patch-sets and submitting pull-requests to all other maintainers, after testing of course. However, more recently you have become increasingly vocal in terms of an alternative approach, whereby I apply the set without patches that pertain to your AoR (usually Regulators) and submit an immutable branch for you to pull from. I have attempted both recently and each has received criticism, showing preference for the other. Honestly, I don't mind which strategy we put into place. Let's just agree on one and go with it. -- Lee Jones [李琼斯]