From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33BCDC65BAE for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2018 01:37:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 000B52145D for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2018 01:36:59 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 000B52145D Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=mediatek.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729263AbeLNBg7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:36:59 -0500 Received: from mailgw01.mediatek.com ([210.61.82.183]:12073 "EHLO mailgw01.mediatek.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728203AbeLNBg6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:36:58 -0500 X-UUID: 4e53319cd3b347c6b8a4d4806cbd0fe0-20181214 X-UUID: 4e53319cd3b347c6b8a4d4806cbd0fe0-20181214 Received: from mtkcas09.mediatek.inc [(172.21.101.178)] by mailgw01.mediatek.com (envelope-from ) (mhqrelay.mediatek.com ESMTP with TLS) with ESMTP id 1151234597; Fri, 14 Dec 2018 09:36:51 +0800 Received: from MTKCAS06.mediatek.inc (172.21.101.30) by mtkmbs03n2.mediatek.inc (172.21.101.182) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1395.4; Fri, 14 Dec 2018 09:36:50 +0800 Received: from [172.21.77.4] (172.21.77.4) by MTKCAS06.mediatek.inc (172.21.101.73) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 15.0.1395.4 via Frontend Transport; Fri, 14 Dec 2018 09:36:49 +0800 Message-ID: <1544751409.6417.22.camel@mtksdaap41> Subject: Re: [PATCH] opp: Add API for getting voltage from supplies From: Nick Fan To: Viresh Kumar CC: Viresh Kumar , Nishanth Menon , "Stephen Boyd" , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , "Matthias Brugger" , , , , , , , , Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 09:36:49 +0800 In-Reply-To: <20181213104247.kosguuoukoi645pf@vireshk-i7> References: <1543906760-15631-1-git-send-email-Nick.Fan@mediatek.com> <20181204082158.rb7uzdiwmcotwoxh@vireshk-i7> <1544445372.3502.42.camel@mtksdaap41> <20181213063850.c5nu3bbe7gm647ca@vireshk-i7> <1544697412.6417.13.camel@mtksdaap41> <20181213104247.kosguuoukoi645pf@vireshk-i7> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.10.4-0ubuntu2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TM-SNTS-SMTP: D4DF624EBD6D7B04A695D61FDB931F35F20E6E4C300937F86511965A967BB6602000:8 X-MTK: N Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2018-12-13 at 16:12 +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote: > On 13-12-18, 18:36, Nick Fan wrote: > > This new API is suitable for the users that required to access for > > multiple regulators. And I am one of users who uses this API, but I am > > not able to upstream the GPU kernel driver which uses the new API. > > Look at it from mainline's perspective.. > > - We don't (can't) care about non-mainline stuff. Actually we do care, > but we can't add code to mainline which is not going to be used by > any mainline user. > > - I am fine with introducing the new API, but that will happen only if > there is going to be a mainline user as well. > > - As you are going to maintain your GPU driver offline, you can > maintain this patch too. > > Sorry Nick. > It's OK. I got your ideas. Thanks a lot for the explanation and review on this patch. -- Nick Fan