From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Jones Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/19] i2c-nomadik: Register sub-devices when passed via Device Tree Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:02:30 +0100 Message-ID: <20120914090228.GH3374@gmail.com> References: <1347016499-29354-1-git-send-email-lee.jones@linaro.org> <1347016499-29354-13-git-send-email-lee.jones@linaro.org> <20120912105202.GD2624@pengutronix.de> <20120914082754.GE3374@gmail.com> <20120914084141.GA2630@pengutronix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120914084141.GA2630-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-i2c-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Wolfram Sang Cc: Linus Walleij , linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, STEricsson_nomadik_linux-nkJGhpqTU55BDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org, linus.walleij-0IS4wlFg1OjSUeElwK9/Pw@public.gmane.org, arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org, linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org > > > First, I'd like to have this patch squashed with "i2c: nomadik: A= dd > > > Device Tree support to the Nomadik I2C driver". I wanted to do th= is on > > > my own, but the patches do not apply to 3.6-rc5 (with or without > > > regulator removal patch from Linus)? > >=20 > > I'm really not keen on squashing all my patches together. They are > > clearly have very different purposes. If you think they are closely > > related, then pull them in sequentially, but please don't squash > > all my work into a single patch for no other reason than convenienc= e. >=20 > I can't follow this reasoning. I never asked you to squash all patche= s, > only those two needed to get proper device tree support. Why would yo= u > want to let the device being detected via DT and not scan the child > nodes immediately? Ah, sorry. That's my fault for rushing though my ridiculously bloated p= ost- vacation inbox. I *stupidly* thought you wanted me to squash two differ= ent patches, rather than these two. As such I unreservedly retract my previ= ous statement. Yes, please squash. > > > I can also take the I2C related changes to the devicetrees via my= tree. > > > This is not uncommon. Some people prefer to do this via their soc= -trees, > > > though. I don't care much since this is not really a hard depende= ncy > > > causing build failures or merge conflicts, but just needs a littl= e extra > > > time until the patches are all there... > >=20 > > It would be better for all the Device Tree changes go in as a singl= e > > patch-set. Again, I don't care where they go, so long as they go in > > together. arm-soc seems like the most generic place for them to be > > pulled into though. >=20 > This reasoning I can follow, but how should I know you aimed for that= ? I > only saw a patch [3/3] in one series making the driver probable via D= T > and a patch [12/19] in another series to scan the child nodes. That's > all the infos I got. Some more context would have been helpful. Is th= ere > a branch somewhere with all the things collected? There will be. I'm currently just Ack collecting.=20 In fact wait ... <3 mins pass> Now there is: git://git.linaro.org/people/ljones/linux-3.0-ux500.git preview-for-ne= xt --=20 Lee Jones Linaro ST-Ericsson Landing Team Lead Linaro.org =E2=94=82 Open source software for ARM SoCs =46ollow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog