Re: Power sequences upstreaming (Was: Re: [PATCH] tegra: ventana: display and backlight DT entries)

[Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 02:52:12PM +0900, Alex Courbot wrote:
> On Thursday 15 November 2012 14:25:02 Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> > > Excellent, thanks - when would you need the code in order to be on time
> > > for 3.8?
> > 
> > Generally, that would be one week before the merge window, i.e. when Linus
> > announces that some -rc is the last one.
> 
> Ok, I will try to make sure you get something at least during the weekend. 
> Would like to post a new revision today in order to get some more Acks though.
> 
> Btw, when issuing my pull request to you, should I place Linus or someone else 
> in CC? We are introducing a new feature in the kernel, and since you are the 
> intermediate he might not hear about it otherwise. I am not very familiar with 
> the chain of trust of the kernel yet.

It's up to you. Usually, though, there's no reason to do so, unless it's a
major feature (e.g. a new general purpose filesystem or architecture, or a
vast memory management rework) or contraversal feature (with people
constantly arguing about it).

Thanks,
Anton.