From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Return-Path: Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 18:27:42 +0100 From: Lorenzo Pieralisi To: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, Subrahmanya Lingappa , Bjorn Helgaas Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] PCI: mobiveil: Misc fixes Message-ID: <20180731172742.GA11381@red-moon> References: <20180730134316.11719-1-lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com> <20180731165600.GL45322@bhelgaas-glaptop.roam.corp.google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20180731165600.GL45322@bhelgaas-glaptop.roam.corp.google.com> List-ID: On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 11:56:00AM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 02:43:13PM +0100, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote: > > Subrahmanya, > > > > I put together this series so that the Mobiveil controller driver > > can compile (successfully). Please review and ack as soon as possible > > since the current situation is a bit embarassing to be honest, we > > should be sending these patches as fixes this week so that they > > can make it for v4.18, currently the driver is in the kernel for > > nothing. > > There doesn't seem to be much interest in the Mobiveil driver (the > last patch I see was on May 10), and as you say, it's not even in the > Makefile, so it has gotten zero testing or even building. > > Should we just drop the driver and see if anybody wants to try again > next cycle? I'm a little hesitant about flipping the switch to enable > a brand-new driver this late in the cycle. I totally share your concern - I do not know what's the best way to drop it but I think that reverting it is sensible given what this series has to do to enable it in the first place. Thanks, Lorenzo